But he still has a long ways to go to catch up with Britney.
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So at best, Obama is the most popular person in the U.S. since he loses to both Spears and Hilton overseas.
Why don't we add John McCain to the mix?
You're basing your research on a faulty premise. Obama is a one-name celebrity, so people search for "obama", not "barack obama." When you input it that way, Obama beats the girls handily:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=obama%2C+%22britney+spears%22%2C+%22paris+hilton%22&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2008&sort=0
Obama beats girls? - You're thinking of McCain.
tom,
again: Wrong premise. if you search for "Obama", it´s just fair to search for only "Hilton", too.
Then he loses. OK, it´s affiliated with Hilton hotels, too, but nonetheless...
How about other one name celebs? Madonna...
If you average out the MOS to the standard deviation of Britney searches to Obama searches, subtract the liklyhood of a Barr presidency, then add in McCains age, minus Obama's two kids, Obama beats both Britney and and Paris with Google searches in 1578 scenarios with an approximate 75% Win Percentage.
I know! At first I didn't realize this either.
If you narrow the search to just the U.S. , Barack Obama beats McCain 2 to 1.
"barack obama"
1.00
"britney spears"
0.72
"paris hilton"
0.42
"john mccain"
0.50
This is so terribly important.
Even without just Hilton or just Britney, BS still wins, except for Canada - but you know...
McCain - almost invisible on the searches.
This is a huge plus for BO. Maybe its true, people don't know him, but now they are learning. And not from sitting in front of McCain or GOP commercials. Allot of people in USA want to know all about this guy and are not trusting the TV to give them the answer.
I had almost forgot how many hits the speech he gave on race has on YouTube.
It's important to note that Obama is actually the most popular among Americans. For Britney and Paris' lead, we must blame *the Canadians* as well as the world's non-Anglophones.
All that is boring. McCain is wide open to get creamed on the pettiness and hypocrisy of the ad.
John McCain
1. did a cameo in Wedding Crashers
2. sucked up to cast members of the West Wing by telling them he didn't vote for Bush.
The man is jealous and angry. He's a little napoleon-complexed diva who can't stand the fact that there is someone getting better press than him.
It's really not bothersome to me if my president is also popular. I know it's a change, but it doesn't seem like an issue. Maybe I'm strange.
Obama beatin McCain handidly.... Both trounced by "porn".
http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22mccain%22%2C+%22porn%22%2C+%22obama%22&ctab=0&geo=US&geor=all&date=2008&sort=1
Obama's camp responds to the McCain attack advert.
Porn for president it is then!
hilarious.
the above point about Obama being more of a one name search is valid. but neither "paris" nor "hilton" seem valid comparisons given their other meanings. Madonna is comparable, and about half as popular a search as Obama.
madonna v obama
"538" beats all of the above in the Netherlands. I didn't realize Nate was so big in Amsterdam.
Porn for president!
New CNN national poll.
July 27-29
Obama 51
McCain 44
Team McCain keep punching day after day, scoring vote after vote, with Obama atempting rope-a dope strategy. Rope-a-dope only works in boxing and only if your opponent is a dope.
McCain is scoring free media after free media. McCain is all over the talk shows. People are very comfortable with him. Remember the final Score 300-238 EV for McCain.
You can find the offensive McCain video here.
Yeah! But look at the trendline since April! Britney is tanking in the numbers and Obama SURGING!
It's clear Obama will over-take Britney in the race, sometime in September. . . Oh, wait.
Nevermind.
The focus on Britney just made me think John McCain = Bob Dole. Not sure about the strategy there. Old Republicans leering at trashy young women never seemed like a winner to me, and given McCain's, um, personal history? Those are associations he should not want.
"obama" beats out "britney" handily.