Who is Googling Trump’s tariffs—And why that matters
研究了特朗普第二任期头三个月美国公众对关税的担忧，通过州级谷歌搜索频率发现政治极化：支持哈里斯的州搜索强度显著高于支持特朗普的州，表明贸易政策在不同政治阵营中引发不同焦虑。
This study investigates U.S. public concern over tariffs during the initial three months of Donald Trump’s second term. By analyzing state-level Google search frequency for the topic ‘tariff’, it explores whether tariff-related anxiety was uniformly distributed across states or influenced by political affiliation. The data reveal widespread political polarization: states that supported Kamala Harris exhibited significantly higher search intensity compared to states that supported Trump. These findings suggest that voters in Harris-leaning states were more alarmed by the potential economic consequences of Trump’s trade policies, highlighting both the politicization of trade policy and its varying resonance across the political spectrum.