Top Searches/Videos of the Midterms

Google sends over some interesting stats on the most searched/watched political content of the cycle:

Top 10 most searched for candidates in Google News in the U.S. in October 2010:

1. Meg Whitman
2. Harry Reid
3. Rand Paul
4. Jerry Brown
5. Sharron Angle
6. Carl Paladino
7. Linda McMahon
8. Nancy Pelosi
9. Patty Murray
10. Charlie Crist

Top 10 Political Videos (year to date)

1. Congressman Assaults Student on Sidewalk <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v60oNUoHBYM>
2. We Are Better than That (Dale Peterson) <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7fhIO7DG0>
3. America Rising – An Open Letter to Democrat Politicians <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=662R2awSwPQ>
4. President Obama, No One is Laughing in Arizona <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLgZ1LWLlko>
5. Language (Has been removed – was uploaded by Tim James, Alabama)
6. Brewer to Obama: Warning Signs are not Enough <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzDlN7VLmXQ>
7. Those Voices Don’t Speak for the Rest of Us <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wusgcG4rfo>
8. FCINO: Fiscal Conservative in Name Only (Has been removed, was uploaded by Carly Fiorina, California)
9. Governor Christie Responds to Teacher During Town Hall <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkuTm-ON904>
10. Arizona Sing-A-Long:  Read Immigration Law! <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6qEQ-KnitQ>

Top 10 Campaign Videos (year to date)

1. We Are Better than That <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7fhIO7DG0>   – Dale Peterson, Alabama
2. President Obama, No One is Laughing in Arizona <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLgZ1LWLlko>   – Jan Brewer, Arizona
3. Language (has been removed by user) – Tim James, Alabama
4. Governor Christie Responds to Teacher During Town Hall <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkuTm-ON904>
5. Nancy Pelosi, Wicked Witch (has been removed by user) – John Dennis, California
6. Ben Quayle Commercial <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4jiqYcUoOk>   – Ben Quayle, Arizona
7. Gather Your Armies <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iQ7ZDUutU4>  – Rick Barber, Alabama
8. McCain TV Ad: “Complete the Danged Fence” <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0lwusMxiHc>  – John McCain, Arizona
9. Hot Air The Movie <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJKlc77K5dg>  – Carly Fiorina, California
10. I’m You <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGGAgljengs>  – Christine O’Donnell, Delaware

I, for one, would have underestimated the popularity of Jan Brewer’s videos and overestimated that of Christine O’Donnell’s.