Shen Boyang's "ocean current" effect expands: Google search popularity is 54% ahead of Jiang Wanan, and the crowd of people sweeping the streets shows that people actively participate

The Facebook fan page "Voice and Politics" said that the "ocean current" effect set off by the Democratic Progressive Party's Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang has gone beyond simple news exposure and transformed into a wave of active searches by the public. According to Google Trends data in Taipei City in the past week, Shen Boyang's average search popularity reached 54, ahead of Jiang Wanan's 35, which is about 54% higher. Different from passively receiving news, active searching reflects that Taipei citizens' attention to Shen Boyang has increased significantly, and the search curve has mostly remained above Jiang Wanan since the 11th. Today (16th) there is a new peak, showing that social attention is changing.

The fan blog "Politically Focused on Politics" published an article today, saying, "Google searches in one week were 54 to 35, which is really a storm! The Kuomintang's biggest misjudgment: calling Shen Boyang's supporters as cockroaches will force a stronger ocean current." In addition to the increase in search index, audio and video volume is also showing an overflow trend. The number of viewers of Shen Boyang's green live broadcast on YouTube increased from about 38,000 to nearly 60,000 on the 9th, and the number of blue voices moved from about 5,000 to more than 10,000. On the other hand, the volume of Jiang Wanan and Jiang Wanan Panlan's live broadcast has not been rising simultaneously in the past few days, and has even been slowly declining. Moreover, after the video of Wang Weizhong's exclusive interview with Shen Boyang was released on September 10, it had been viewed 2.04 million times on the afternoon of the 15th. No matter who the viewer supported in the end, this interview indeed brought Shen Boyang into a market larger than the general political stratosphere.

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"Politics depends on the volume of voice" said that what really made him feel that "the wind is rising" was actually not Google or YT, but the street sweeping at the mansion last night. Because online data can be affected by algorithms, media reports and even opponents' viewing, but for a group of people to be willing to leave their homes at night and take a ride to the mansion just to watch a candidate sweep the streets, this is a completely different level of political investment.

"Voice Depends on Politics" believes that what's more important is that before Shen Boyang arrived, there was already a crowd waiting at the scene. Some people even arrived at 3pm, and after the street sweeping started, the crowd continued until late at night. This was not just a candidate walking into the market and people nearby gathered around him. It was a group of people who specially spared their time just to take a look at Shen Boyang.

"Politics depends on the volume of voice" analyzed that in the face of the large crowds, Kuomintang city councilor Lin Xinger questioned the presence of out-of-towners and work-study students. Wang Zhibing even described the related mobilization as "cockroaches and rats", which triggered a backlash from supporters. Yesterday at Huarong Market, some supporters took the initiative to shout, "I am not a work-study student, I do not receive cash," creating a typical reverse mobilization effect.

"Voice Depends on Politics" finally said that the last thing the Kuomintang should do now is to continue to tell everyone, "You are all fake." Because when an election really starts to take off, it is often not that everyone suddenly falls in love with a candidate. The point is that when more and more people start to feel that "this matter has something to do with me," it will be completely different. Judging from the reactions in the past few days, "You said I am a work-study student, I just want to do it on my own." This is probably one of the reasons for the convergence of ocean currents.