--- title: Republican Debate: Lindsey Graham Wins Google Search description: Here is which candidates generated the most search interest during the second Republican debate on CNN. canonical: https://time.com/4037673/cnn-republican-debate-google-trend/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-17T00:09:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:38.493Z article:section: Politics og:title: Lindsey Graham Won Google During the GOP Undercard Debate og:description: The early results show he may have won the debate. og:url: https://time.com/4037673/cnn-republican-debate-google-trend/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b4448b0aec70f1c/698863fd8e06015037462618/lindsey-graham-republican-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during the presidential debates at the Reagan Library on September 16, 2015 in Simi Valley, California. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lindsey Graham Won Google During the GOP Undercard Debate twitter:description: The early results show he may have won the debate. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b4448b0aec70f1c/698863fd8e06015037462618/lindsey-graham-republican-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lindsey Graham Won Google During the Republican Undercard Debate  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Sep 17, 2015 12:09 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during the presidential debates at the Reagan Library on September 16, 2015 in Simi Valley, California. Republican presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during the presidential debates at the Reagan Library on September 16, 2015 in Simi Valley, California.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Sep 17, 2015 12:09 AM UTC The first round of CNN’s Republican debate contained just four candidates. But after former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina broke out during the first undercard debate, the remaining candidates were on offense. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former New York Governor George Pataki didn’t pull any punches as they sparred over immigration, the minimum wage and the proposed Iran deal. According to Google Trends, Graham came out on top after his feisty, foreign-policy driven performance. Here are the search trends minute by minute, with Graham in yellow:  And here are the trends over the last hour of the debate:  Graham is still a longshot for the Republican nomination. But if any of the four candidates at the undercard debate is going to break out, the early evidence is that it might be him. **Read Next:** [_Read the Full Text of the Second Undercard Republican Debate_](http://time.com/4037654/republican-debate-undercard-transcript/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4037673/cnn-republican-debate-google-trend/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4037673/cnn-republican-debate-google-trend/"},"headline":"Lindsey Graham Won Google During the Republican Undercard Debate","datePublished":"2015-09-17T00:09:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:38.493Z","description":"Here is which candidates generated the most search interest during the second Republican debate on CNN.","url":"https://time.com/4037673/cnn-republican-debate-google-trend/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election topic","Bobby Jindal","rick santorum","Lindsey Graham","George Pataki"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b4448b0aec70f1c/698863fd8e06015037462618/lindsey-graham-republican-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b4448b0aec70f1c/698863fd8e06015037462618/lindsey-graham-republican-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during the presidential debates at the Reagan Library on September 16, 2015 in Simi Valley, California.","caption":"Republican presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during the presidential debates at the Reagan Library on September 16, 2015 in Simi Valley, California.","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4037673/cnn-republican-debate-google-trend/","name":"Lindsey Graham Won Google During the Republican Undercard Debate"}}]}] ```