Presidential Elections vs World Cup in Colombia
May 16, 2018
I always believed one the main problems with the presidential elections in Colombia, held every four years, is the timing: They always coincide with the Football World Cup!. Football is an extremely popular sport in the country and when the national squad qualifies to the tournament, the country turns the attention away from everthing except to this event.
The previous graph generated with Google Trends Search Data, relate to this point at least on the online sphere: The Colombian people are more interested in searching information about topics regarding the World Cup, than topics related to the presidentials.
The first round of this election will take on the 27th May and the second round on the 17th June (the World Cup starts on the 14th). Just saying ...