Table 2.

Change in mean mood score from the four week period preceding the week of the date of peak interest (as determined by Google Trends) for political and non-political events

Political events	Date range	Mood change (95% confidence interval)	t value	P value
Presidential election	9-15 November 2016	−0.32 (−0.45 to −0.19)	−4.73	<0.001
Presidential inauguration	20-26 January 2017	−0.25 (−0.37 to −0.12)	−3.93	<0.001
Muslim ban	29 January-4 February 2017	−0.21 (−0.34 to −0.07)	−3.07	0.002
Failure to repeal Affordable Care Act	28 July-3 August 2017	−0.07 (−0.15 to 0.01)	−1.67	0.10
Executive order to prevent border separations	20-26 June 2018	0.16 (0.01 to 0.30)	2.10	0.04
Kavanaugh confirmation	28 September- 4 October 2018	−0.06 (−0.12 to −0.01)	−2.35	0.02
Migrant caravan	23-29 October 2018	−0.03 (−0.09 to 0.03)	−1.04	0.30
Midterm elections	7-13 November 2018	−0.03 (−0.08 to 0.03)	−0.95	0.34
Failure to pass border wall funding	21-27 December 2018	0.17 (0.11 to 0.23)	5.28	<0.001
Non-political events	Date range	Mood change (95% confidence interval)	t value	P value
Super Bowl LI	6-12 February 2017	0.06 (−0.07 to 0.18)	0.92	0.36
Solar eclipse	21-27 August 2017	0.02 (−0.08 to 0.12)	0.42	0.67
Hurricane Irma	6-12 September 2017	−0.09 (−0.18 to 0.01)	−1.79	0.07
Las Vegas shooting	2-8 October 2017	−0.08 (−0.18 to 0.02)	−1.51	0.13
Florida high school shooting	15-21 February 2018	−0.09 (−0.22 to 0.05)	−1.29	0.20
Royal wedding	19-25 May 2018	−0.04 (−0.17 to 0.09)	−0.60	0.55
Hurricane Florence	13-19 September 2018	−0.06 (−0.12 to 0.01)	−1.70	0.09
California wildfires	15-21 November 2018	−0.04 (−0.10 to 0.02)	−1.35	0.18