Let’s lean forcefully into the idea that the most important thing over the next two years is this upcoming presidential contest. Let’s instead begin to celebrate the presidential contest by considering presidential races not between the major party candidates, but between any two things in the universe. Literally: Over the past six months, there’s been twice as much interest in “cake” as “pie” in that state. Stretch that same assessment out over the 50 states and you learn that, in a presidential race between cake and pie based on Google search interest, cake would win 48 states and D.C. to pie’s wins in Vermont and Maine. (Philip Bump/The Washington Post)Thanks to assistance from the Google Trends team, we’ve made a tool that allows you to compare any two things, concepts, people, figures, what have you and determine which might win a presidential race, based on search interest.

Source: Washington Post January 02, 2019 16:30 UTC