Why you shouldn’t be too worried about the Republican National Convention, as scary as it may seem

Let’s take a look at how Trump’s show compares to its Democratic counterpart

Almost the entirety of Trump's immediate family has appeared at the convention this week (Getty)

The convention circus has come to town again – albeit in a different form to any other we’ve seen before. With a smaller live spectacle than the Republican National Convention had hoped for, and the Democratic version almost entirely virtual, this year has certainly been unique. But how has that impacted America’s interest in the political showcases? And how do the two diverging conventions compare to each other?

Let me take you back to 2016. With Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at the helm, the RNC was held between July 18 and 21, the DNC July 25 and 28. By using search trends data, we can see at what frequency people were googling certain words at the time. During these dates, we can see that the DNC (red) dominated over RNC (blue).

RNC: Blue DNC: Red (Google)