Terrorist hunt and electoral race. A study on impact of regional interest on the death of Osama bin Laden and the relationship with votes in the USA 2012 presidential election
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https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v37i1.24281Keywords:
Osama bin Laden, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, USA 2012 electionsAbstract
Since the attack of Sept. 11 Osama bin Laden has been the most wanted man in the world. In May 2011, bin Laden was dead, and people in the USA celebrated the event with great euphoria. Current research works with the hypothesis that the death of bin Laden may have favored the re-election of Barack Obama. To test our hypothesis, Google Trends were employed to draw a relative frequency distribution of interest in the event and compare this rate with the rates relating to regional votes for Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in the 2012 election. Results corroborated our hypothesis that the distribution pattern of interest at the death of bin Laden provided a positive correlation with the votes for Barack Obama (r = 0.347, p = 0.013) and a negative correlation with the votes for Mitt Romney(r = -0.324, p = 0.021).
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