PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The 2024 presidential race had Americans and foreign countries alike anxiously awaiting the results. However, some voters may have had second thoughts on who they casted their ballot for — whether that was at the federal, state or local level.
On the morning of Election Day, before the polls were even closed, Google Trends saw a spike in searches for “How to change my vote.”
Google Trends places a value of 0-100 on searches relative to the total number of searches in the allotted time. Looking from Nov. 4-11, the searches peaked on Election Day, Nov. 5, at 7 a.m. with a value of 100, and progressively decreased throughout the day.
Meanwhile the next day, on Nov. 6, President-elect Donald Trump was declared the winner, and many state and local leaders were also announced. Data showed significantly less people were inquiring about changing their vote.
Iowa was the state that saw the highest number of people searching how to change their votes, specifically in their Des Moines-Ames and Cedar Rapids-Waterlook-Iowa City and Dubuque areas.
Even though the state went red, the searches in those areas correspond with areas that had a large portion of votes for Vice President Kamala Harris in the state. Surprisingly, the highest number of searches took place on Monday at 5 a.m., just under a week after Election Day.
Other states with high search interest include Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska and Alabama — all states won by Trump.
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