Donald Trump Was the Top Searched Republican Candidate on Google in August
Whether you love him or hate him, one thing is clear about Donald Trump: Everyone is talking about him.
Despite his controversial comments and lack of political acuteness, the reality television star has surprisingly maintained a significant lead over the crowded pool of Republican contenders running in the 2016 presidential election. In addition to taking the lead in national polls, the GOP front-runner has also dominated Internet searches.
According to Google, the real estate mogul was the most searched Republican presidential candidate in each county last month, reports ABC 13. The only candidate that topped Trump in searches was Gov. Scott Walker in his home state of Wisconsin.
After tracking the database of each candidate, Google News Lab released a map of the results broken down by county. The map also shows that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz were two of the top candidates for the second-most searched candidate.
The map, however, does not specify whether the search corresponded to a positive, negative or neutral inquiry about the candidate. Instead, it shows that Trump has strong name recognition across the country.
Last week, Cruz and Trump teamed up to attack President Barack Obama's historic Iran nuclear deal at a protest rally in Washington, D.C. In an effort to rally support against the deal, 2016 GOP presidential rivals Cruz and Trump held a demonstration on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, warning attendees that the deal is a catastrophe that will cost American lives.
"We are led by very, very stupid people," Trump told several hundred Tea Party members gathered at the event, which was sponsored by the Center for Security Policy, the Zionist Organization of America and the Tea Party Patriots.
"Never ever in my entire life have I seen any deal as incompetently negotiated as our deal with Iran," Trump added, according to WUSA 9.
Nonetheless, Senate Democrats blocked a Republican resolution disapproving Obama's historic nuclear agreement with Iran on Thursday.
Check out the map below.
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