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Google Trends: Pokemon More Relevant Than Trump, Clinton (plot.ly)
1 point by gk1 on July 25, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Well, one's going to affect your life significantly for the next 4 years, while the others are just politicians

/s

Despite the catchy headline, I think more interesting is their 8th graph showing searches for 'gun control' being a lot more frequent in per-capita higher gun ownership states like Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, and their 10th graph showing searches for 'Brexit' being much, much more prevalent in states that have a large number of jobs in finance like New York, Connecticut, and Illinois. Those graphs actually offer meaningful insight.




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