On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States in one of the most “shocking” modern presidential elections, as the majority of news outlets and political commentators predicted Hillary Clinton would become the nation’s first female president.^[18] According to Google trends data, Trump’s presidential victory resulted in the highest rate of searches for “Donald Trump” in history. For the year of 2016, the days surrounding had 100% interest.^[19] This assumption is also reiterated by the searches for Donald Trump since 2004.

Tweet Helping Spread Awareness for Anti-Trump Protests ^[20]

November 8, 2016 still produces the most online searches.^[21] Through numerous tweets and Facebook posts coupled with trending hashtags, people very obviously conveyed their opposition against Trump. The hashtag #NotMyPresident hit its highest interest peak in the days following Trump’s win in regards to all Google searches conducted.^[22] Thousands of tweets such as the one pictured to the left flooded Twitter newsfeeds. Social media protests also worked hand in hand with the physical protests that ensued. Protesters who took to the streets to protest Trump’s win also snapped photos and uploaded them to Twitter with hashtags like #NotMyPresident. These tweets helped the physical protests go viral, unified protesters, and also added value to the social media protests by garnering thousands of retweets and favorites. One of these tweets can be seen in the snapshot above, which received 489 retweets and 569 likes.^[23]