Biden vs Trump: What did people Google during the presidents’ first 100 days?

In Washington, their approaches have been worlds apart. The data shows us there are also striking differences in how the presidents have been perceived by the public at large, writes Lucy Anna Gray

Policy searches have replaced social media searches when comparing Biden and Trump’s first 100 days (Reuters/AP)

Since Franklin D Roosevelt’s whirlwind first term pioneering the New Deal in an effort to combat the Great Depression, the 100-day milestone has been of great note in American presidencies.

On 29 April 2021, Joe Biden met this mark with an approval rating of 53.8 per cent, according to FiveThirtyEight, in comparison to Donald Trump’s historic low of 43 per cent.

He raced ahead with executive orders – both creating new and revoking existing ones – with a total of 41 to Trump’s still-high 32.