Obama wins! Now that the race to the White House is over (marathon may be a better term) and the winner of the 2008 U.S. presidential election has been declared in Barack Obama’s favour let’s take a look back and see the online search trends leading up to voting day.
Obama was able to win over [...]
If you’re a U.S. citizen then it’s time to get out and vote. If you’re not sure where you’re supposed to vote then Google will show your voting precinct with its 2008 U.S. Voter Info on Google Maps.
Facebook Lexicon is a tool that captures data on user trends in a number of ways. The ‘sentiment’ feature captures the percentage of posts that are positive vs. negative about the topic. Here’s a graph of the ‘sentiment’ of Obama vs. McCain since mid-September. Obama holds a steady lead over McCain with just under 70% [...]
