Since I can't shoot and drive anymore, guess I'll just shoot. Here's a little fun from Google trends:
Joe the plumber is off to a good start, but will he have the lasting power of Joe six-pack?
But more to the point, what does
this Google trends graph indicate? The searchers, if not the voters, have spoken. Or does it mean that searchers who are looking for information about Obama are more savvy about their use of the Internets to find information about the candidate? Or are searches related to support?
Update 11/2/08: Over at FiveThirtyEight, where the datageeks make me look a real piker, they've put up
this post on the same topic. We've got our fingers on the pulse here in the duckpond!
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