This is the latest edition of the Google Trends newsletter, with a focus today on the Iowa Primary Caucus.

Trends data is an indication of curiosity in the subject or candidate. It should not be considered an indication of voter intent

• Searches for the Iowa Caucus briefly overtook searches for the weather in the frozen Hawkeye state yesterday and was more searched than the Buffalo Bills

• ‘What time is the Steelers game today?’ trended higher than ‘what time does the caucus start?’ in Iowa

• Outside Iowa, the top State looking for the Iowa Caucus was New Hampshire, site of the primary on January 23, followed by neighbouring state Nebraska

See realtime Primary search Trends here

Top Trending questions about the caucus in Iowa

Past 7 days

1. What is the Iowa caucus?

2. How does the Iowa caucus work?

3. Where do I caucus in Iowa?

4. What time is the Iowa caucus?

5. How to vote in Iowa caucus?

Top places searching for the caucus in Iowa

Past 7 days, metro areas

1. Des Moines-Ames IA

2. Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque IA

3. Sioux City IA

4. Davenport IA-Rock Island-Moline IL

5. Ottumwa IA-Kirksville MO

6. Rochester MN-Mason City IA-Austin MN

7. Omaha NE

Top searched issues in Iowa

January 2024 so far

1. Abortion

2. Crime

3. Gas Prices

4. Racism

5. Energy

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Daily Quiz Answer

% of both topics search interest combined

Simon Rogers

Data Editor, Google