DONALD Trump is ranking higher than Hillary Clinton in Google searches on the eve of the US election, as voters hunt for information on the Republican presidential nominee.
Data released by Google show Mr Trump dominating search in 38 states early afternoon Monday, including the battleground states of Florida and Michigan.
Google data also show that immigration is the top Mr Trump-related search topic, followed by abortion and race issues.
“If you take a deeper look at the information, you’ll see that the top five related searches to Mr Trump are immigration, race, abortion, ISIS, and the economy — all hot button issues throughout this campaign,” social media expert and Jason Mollica told Fox News.
“When it comes to Mr Trump, people still want to know more. It also means that potential voters want to read what he said in the last 24-48 hours.”
Mr Mollica noted, however, that the search data from Google should not be seen as a surge of voting for Mr Trump.
“It does mean that people are actively gathering and reading information in the last hours before Election Day,” he added.
The hotly contested battle between Mr Trump and Ms Clinton is clearly generating huge interest in the US electorate. Google has seen an incredible 233 per cent increase in “how to vote” searches compared to the period before the 2012 presidential election. People are also actively searching for “where to vote”, particularly in battleground states.
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