Bernie Sanders is generating a lot of interest in recent weeks and some pundits are starting consider Bernie Sanders to be a potential contender for the nomination against Hillary Clinton. However many still wonder whether Senator Sanders can get noticed outside of his home state.

To examine this I turned to Google Trends ( https://www.google.com/trends/ ) and compared search volume for Bernie Sanders vs. Hillary Clinton over the past 30 days in a number of swing states.

Now, this is not to say these searches are the same as primary votes, but it does indicate competitive interest over a number of states for Bernie Sanders, and without the big budget campaign of Hillary Clinton.

These trends are true both for Web AND YouTube searches across the entire U.S.

I’m impressed.

-The Blue Hammer