Analysis: O’Rourke might have won the early money race, but Harris dominated on voter curiosity
Sen. Kamala D. Harris , who is running for president in 2020, speaks at the Mirage in Las Vegas on March 1. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow March 19 at 12:19 PM Every time a new candidate enters the 2020 Democratic primary race, the splash seems bigger than each of those that came before. Sen. Elizabeth Warren kicked it off, then was overtaken by Sen. Kamala D. Harris , who seemed to be overtaken by Sen.
Google provided The Washington Post with U.S. search data since Jan. 1. It pools similar searches — “Bernie,” “Bernie Sanders,” “Sanders,” etc. — into buckets, which it then tracks. Search totals are relative to one another, with 100 being the peak interest in any of the candidates. That peak came with Harris’s initial announcement.
That’s not always the case. Sometimes a candidate’s peak comes the day after an announcement, especially if the announcement is late at night. For former vice president Joe Biden, his peak came over the weekend, after he seemed to slip up and suggest that he was running for president, even though he hasn’t announced.
Why? His Google surge corresponded with coverage of his proposal for a universal basic income. He’s become something of a darling of the online world, which is the sort of world where people make bets on PredictIt.
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