It won鈥檛 surprise many that 鈥淪uper Tuesday鈥� is the top U.S. election term by Canadians, but the number two most-search term might raise a few eyebrows: Donald Drumpf.
The word 鈥淒rumpf鈥� has been trending on social media since Sunday, when comedian John Oliver made fun of the origin of the Republican front-runner鈥檚 surname
Oliver referenced Trump biographer Gwenda Blair, who pointed out in her book 鈥淭he Trumps鈥� that the famous billionaire鈥檚 name is an Anglicization of the German surname 鈥楧rumpf,鈥� a change that happened sometime after The Donald鈥檚 paternal grandparents emigrated from Germany in 1885.
鈥淭rump evokes trump card, trump hand, trump suit -- all terms associated with winning,鈥� Blair wrote. 鈥淲hether Donald Trump could have had the same success with any other name is an intriguing question.鈥�
Oliver compared the name Drumpf to 鈥渢he sound produced when a morbidly obese pigeon flies into the window of a foreclosed Old Navy.鈥�
He urged Americans to stop 鈥済etting blinded by the magic of his name,鈥� and announced online sales of hats online with the slogan 鈥淢ake Donald Drumpf Again,鈥� a play on Trump鈥檚 mantra, 鈥淢ake America Great Again.鈥�
The #3 term Canadians are searching for is 鈥淢arco Rubio,鈥� who is expected to come second or third in most states that vote Tuesday. For some reason, Ted Cruz -- who is virtually tied in the polls with Rubio -- isn鈥檛 even in the top 50 most-Googled terms.
The fourth most popular term is 鈥渄rumpf鈥� (see above).
The fifth most popular is 鈥淒avid Duke,鈥� who is a former leader of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon.
That鈥檚 trending because when Trump was asked Sunday on CNN whether he rejected an endorsement from Duke and other white supremacists, he answered 鈥淚 don't know anything about David Duke. OK? 鈥� I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists."
Trump faced widespread criticism for suggesting he didn鈥檛 know Duke, and for not clearly disavowing an endorsement from a racist. Many pointed out Trump had written a New York Times op-ed in 2000 that specifically mentioned David Duke as 鈥渘ot company I wish to keep.鈥�
Trump later said he had disavowed the Duke endorsement before speaking with CNN, and he did so again on Twitter.
The Democrats are choosing between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Tuesday, but that is generating far less interest from Canadians than the Republican race. 鈥淗illary鈥� and 鈥淏ernie鈥� aren鈥檛 even in the top 25 trending U.S. election terms, according to Google.
