Since the conclusion of the 2016 presidential election, people have been rightfully pushing off the idea that we need to start discussing the 2020 race anytime soon. But with only 22 months to go and the first potential nominees already throwing their hats into the ring, it seems we can push it off no longer. Thankfully, the political minds at The Washington Post and Google have created a pretty handy tool that allows us to skip all the tedious election activities like picking candidates, watching them campaign, and reluctantly voting for them. Now we can just ask the internet who would win.
Using search engine inquiries aggregated by Google Trends, we’re able to see how the US electoral map would break down between two candidates, objects, or concepts. This, of course, assumes that Google search interest is equivalent to a vote, which we’re pretty sure is totally scientifically sound and accurate. Don’t bother fact checking that, just look at these results for Cats vs Dogs: