Ballotpedia publishes pageview statistics for presidential candidates
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Middleton, Wis. - June 13, 2019: There is a new way to follow the level of interest in notable presidential candidates’ throughout the election season: through their Ballotpedia traffic statistics.
Ballotpedia noticed that candidates’ Ballotpedia pages often get higher views than their opponents’ long before they go on to win their elections. Two recent high-profile examples were Donald Trump (R) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D).
The elections team decided to make these numbers publicly available so that others who share Ballotpedia’s immense love of data points could add this unique stat to their collection.
“We are excited to be able to share these numbers,” said Cory Eucalitto, Ballotpedia Editor. “They’re a great way to show which candidates are getting our readers’ attention.”
Ballotpedia will publish a weekly update regarding the pageview statistics for notable presidential candidates. Stats released this week include:
- Former vice president Joe Biden had 4,916 Ballotpedia pageviews for the week of June 2 through June 8. Biden's pageview figure represents 9.6 percent of pageviews for all Democratic candidates during the week.
- South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg's Ballotpedia campaign profile has received 65,000 pageviews since it launched -- the most of any Democratic candidate. Andrew Yang is second with 52,000 and Kamala Harris third with 47,000. Buttigieg and Harris’ pages were published February 21, while Yang’s was published February 25.
- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's pageviews had the largest increase of all the candidates last week, increasing 97.8 percent over his previous total. No other candidate's pageviews on Ballotpedia increased more than 30 percent last week.
Ballotpedia will be releasing updates throughout the campaign with new data and features, including an analysis of pageviews following the Democratic presidential debates.
See the full report, here: https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_campaign_pageviews_on_Ballotpedia,_2020
About Ballotpedia
Ballotpedia is the online encyclopedia of American politics and elections. Its goal is to preserve and expand knowledge about politics by providing objective information about local, state, and federal politics and policies. Its content includes trustworthy information readers can rely on, covering government officials and the offices they hold, political issues and public policy, elections, candidates, and the influencers of politics. Headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, Ballotpedia was founded in 2006. It includes over 270,000 professionally authored encyclopedic articles that have garnered over 1 billion page views.
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