Topline Tuesday’s presidential debate—which has already been called “the worst in presidential history”—appears to have perhaps dismayed enough Americans that U.S. Google searches for how to move to other English-speaking countries went through the roof the night the debate aired. U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden during the first … [+] presidential debate Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio. AFP via Getty Images Key Facts An analysis of Google data by New Zealand media outlet Newshub found searches for the phrase “how to move to New Zealand” exploded Tuesday evening as President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden took the stage. Within the two hours of the debate, searches for the term by U.S. users went up in Google Trends rankings from zero—meaning there is too few data to show a trend—all the way up to a score of 100, the maximum ranking to show how popular a search is, Newshub reported. Higher-than-average searches for the term have continued well into Wednesday, according to Google Trends. A similar spike was seen in Americans looking to head north: “how to move to Canada,” skyrocketed the night of the debate and was still popu… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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