Dean Top Presidential Web Search

By Anonymous -
Lycos reports the following on online searches:
When we first looked at searches for the Democratic candidates for the 2004 presidential election, Massachusetts senator John Kerry was leading the pack. Three months later, Vermont governor Howard Dean has surged ahead and left his competition in the dust when it comes to online popularity.
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It seems that Dean's insurgent candidacy reached a tipping point two weeks ago. Countless stories about Dean's devoted supporters and higher-than-expected fundraising finally drove interested voters to the Web to find out more about the man, and how they could help his campaign. Dean had passed John Kerry by mid-June, but over the past two weeks Dean searches are up 250 percent.

How popular on the Internet is Dean these days? More popular than Madonna, Dr. Phil, or Alyssa Milano.
Thanks to Reed for pointing this out. Also striking is that the Dean Nation weblog comes up #1 or #2 (after Dean for America) on searches for "Howard Dean" on major search engines. This site is where many people are coming to find out about the next president!

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