Here's the 2016 GOP candidate most over-hyped by the media
FiveThirtyEight's Datalab blog put together a handy chart comparing Google News hits (that's the orange) with Google search frequency (that's the black line) for the 2016 Republican contenders. In general, each follows a similar pattern: There's an initial bump in both measures when the candidate announces, and then interest peters off because there are roughly a billion of these people and nobody wants to think about the election yet.
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There are, however, a few significant anomalies: Sen. Rand Paul, for example, received a spurt of attention for his anti-Patriot Act/NSA filibuster that was larger than several candidates' announcement peaks. But it's Jeb Bush who overwhelmingly takes the prize for most over-hyped candidate, with his media coverage far outpacing the interest of voters.
Tabloid king Donald Trump, of course, charts the biggest spike of any candidate. It's huge.
