The top queries about each contender

  • How tall is Jeb Bush?
  • Who is Ben Carson?
  • Who is Lincoln Chafee?
  • How tall is Chris Christie?
  • How old is Hillary Clinton?
  • How can Ted Cruz run?
  • How old is Carly Fiorina?
  • Who is Jim Gilmore?
  • Who is Lindsey Graham?
  • How old is Mike Huckabee?
  • Where was Bobby Jindal born?
  • How tall is John Kasich?
  • Is Martin O'Malley a Democrat or Republican?
  • How tall is George Pataki?
  • How tall is Rand Paul?
  • How old is Rick Perry?
  • How old is Marco Rubio?
  • How old is Bernie Sanders?
  • Where is Rick Santorum from?
  • How old is Donald Trump?
  • How old is Scott Walker?
  • Who is Jim Webb?

Potential voters who take their curiosity about presidential candidates to Google are interested in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s age, Jeb Bush’s height, Chris Christie’s weight, Donald Trump’s net worth, Carly Fiorina’s marital status and Bobby Jindal’s birthplace.

Those were among the top questions that the Internet search engine was asked about each candidate over the past couple of months. The data, which is being released by Google this year for the first time during a presidential campaign, gives insight into what voters are thinking about that is different from what traditional pollsters provide.

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