Part II, Google Trends Contradict Media Polls On Ron Paul 
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008    (Continued from PART I)

Now, let us reveal the Google Trends results on each of the Presidential candidates' names being searched, in the U.S. only (sorry, just voters here!), over the past 30 days.  This is strictly search volume:  the amount of news articles posted graph we've cut out (you'll have to wait for another story on that one).  As explained in Part I, these are automatically generated graphs by Google on Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and Republican candidates Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul.

So, here's what we're going to do.  We pieced together all of trend histories, and then traced a clean line over each in a different color for each candidate.  We left it so that you could see the line underneath a little bit, so you know we did not change it:

Now, how about we re-enlarge it, and place all of them on top of each other, making some of them semi-opaque so that you can see where they all stand:

What does that look like to you?  Because it looks to us as though, on average, the interest by search volume - by readers - places the candidates in this order:

1.  Mitt Romney
2.  Ron Paul
3.  Barack Obama
4.  Hillary Clinton
5.  John McCain
6.  Mike Huckabee

If you've noticed how presidential candidates Congressman Ron Paul and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee are being treated in the media, you might get the impression that they are not even contenders.

If you read about their low numbers reported in the mainstream media in certain states (while states they scored highly in aren't mentioned), you might get the impression that they are not even contenders.

If you saw how little speaking time they were given in the Florida and California debates , you miiiiiiight just get the impression that they are not even contenders.

You would be so wrong.  At least for one of them.

If you think we might have at all manipulated the above data - which we did not - and you're a Photoshop wiz, you have our blessing.  Go test it out yourself!  Do it for the last 12 months, in fact, and we'll post your follow-up!

Have you signed our petitions yet?  If not, what are you waiting for?  Also, don't forget to vote in our Mass Media: Who Do You Trust poll, and find out who your peers trust for their news!

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