Search Traffic For Trump’s ‘Patriot Party’ Skyrockets
TOPLINE As the clock ran out on Donald Trump’s presidency Wednesday, search interest for a new party led by the outgoing president skyrocketed, one day after the Wall Street Journal reported Trump had privately floated the radical idea in recent days.
Search interest for terms like “Third Party,” “New Party,” or “Patriot Party”—the name Trump has reportedly floated for a party offshoot—spiked on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the media intelligence platform Zignal Labs.
From January 19-January 20, there were 131,000 mentions of a new party led by Trump across social media, broadcast, traditional media and online sites, though it’s not clear how much of the search interest was generated by the Journal article.
One “Patriot Party” Twitter account reached 95,000 followers Wednesday, while a Facebook page under the same name reached 16,000 likes.
“Patriot Party: Born January 20th, 2021” one user wrote on thedonald.win, a popular Trump message board while another Trump supporter said simply the “threat” of a “Patriot Party” would “terrify” Republicans.
KEY BACKGROUND
Trump privately raised the concept of creating a new party last week, sources told the Journal, as he watched several Republicans turn on him in the wake of the January 6 riot, including outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who said Trump “provoked” the mob.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/01/20/search-traffic-for-trumps-patriot-party-skyrockets/?sh=3b0f33206907