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An unorthodox dating website reports receiving a boost in Tampa-based traffic last week, with unflattering implications for attendees of the Republican National Convention.

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SeekingArrangement.com, a “sugar daddy dating website,” claims that it saw a 25.9 percent increase in Web traffic originating from Tampa during the GOP convention. This compares with a 2.2 percent drop in traffic from the state of Florida overall, according to the website.

“While overtraffic originating from Florida fell this past week because of Hurricane Isaac, we saw a signficant increase in traffic from Tampa where the Republicans held their national convention,” Brandon Wade, the site’s founder and CEO, said in a press release.

The website also noted that 42.1 percent of Sugar Daddy members are Republicans, compared to 34.9 percent who are Democrats.