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Google data shows the 5 issues dominating voter searches, and it could mean Trump's message is failing
In the run-up to the midterms, the key Democratic issue of health care and the key GOP issue of immigration have been the most searched-for topics.
New Google data shows the five most-searched political issues in advance of the midterm elections, and it shows that Trump's immigration message is failing to win out over the key Democratic issue of health care, while the economy is hardly mentioned.
Both parties have been trying to make their core issue the main issue in voters' minds, and Google's data showed that health care and immigration remained the two most-searched topics.
While they regularly overtook each other as the most popular topics, health care has emerged as the most-searched-for term as polls open.
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From October 30 to November 1, the two search terms regularly overtook each other:
This trend continued, but healthcare has dominated in the run-up to and on voting day on Tuesday:
You can watch the graph move as a video here.
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Healthcare
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Fears over access to health care has been a focal point of the Democrats' campaign.
Republicans have found themselves on the defensive over the issue of health care, p
Polling has shown that protections of people with preexisting conditions are important to voters. poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation
Immigration
Republicans have sought to shift the debate to fears around illegal immigration, which is the biggest concern among Republican voters, according to polls.
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Trump has focused on a caravan of Central American migrants that is moving north, but still hundreds of miles away. Trump has dispatched thousands of troops to the border and made vague promises to bar immigrants from seeking asylum if they cross the border illegally.Trump's tone when talking about immigrants has been off-putting for many voters, but has attracted others. Former President Barack Obama said that the demonization of the group is being used as a "political stunt."
Trump has also ran an ad
Other topics
The issues of social security, abortion, and minimum wage are regularly searched by voters, though none have become the first or second most-searched term.
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This was how the issues stacked up between October 30 and November 1:
They continued to fluctuate between November 1 and November 3:
And this is how they compared on Tuesday morning:
Alabama, Oregon, and West Virginia have measures aimed at reducing abortion access on the ballot, while many in Trump's base will look to his administration to restrict access to such services more widely.
Democrats have accused the GOP of plotting to cut Social Security, while Republicans have argued that the nation's growing deficit is being driven by such programmes.
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Arkansas and Missouri will be voting on a higher minimum wage.
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