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Tracking Interest in Political Topics Across the United States

by Martin Makaryan
written by Martin Makaryan

Germany-based data visualization designer Moritz Stefaner has created a visualization depicting how Google searches for political topics like immigration, tax policy, and inflation have changed in U.S. states compared to the last presidential election year, using data from Google Trends. The visualization above, which mimics the map of the United States, shows how search patterns of the term “immigration” in 2024 compared to 2020, with Washington, D.C. seeing an almost twofold increase.

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Martin Makaryan is a research assistant specializing in digital policy. Makaryan is a current master's student at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University where he specializes in security and strategy, with a focus on the intersection of security, policy, and emerging technologies. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and Global Studies from UCLA and previously worked in government affairs and policy research in California both in the non-profit and government sectors. His academic and professional interests include the impact of innovation and technology on foreign policy and national security policy, as well as automation and AI, cybersecurity, and digital policy.

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