Chuck Norris Is a Powerful Man

**SeaStone** · #1 (**permalink**) 12-06-2007, 04:19 AM

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Chuck Norris Is a Powerful Man
Do Celeb Endorsements Help Candidate Buzz?
By Erik Gunther
Tue, December 04, 2007, 11:49 am PST

Chuck Norris is a certified Web sensation. Widely circulated facts about his accomplishments, strength, and energy have elevated him to a level of popularity seldom seen by actors pushing 70. But can Norris's fabled powers impact the leader of the free world?

The actor who kicked copious butt on "Walker, Texas Ranger" is now attempting to bench press a presidential candidate from obscurity to front-runner with his endorsement of Mike Huckabee. Searches on Norris are up 10% over the past week, but more importantly, lookups on "mike huckabee chuck norris" are up a whopping 457%.

As for Huckabee, the GOP candidate has seen his searches double over the past week. Is it the Norris effect? We looked at searches on two prominent endorsements on the Democratic side to see how celeb buzz is affecting candidates.

Oprah Winfrey has thrown her behemoth buzz behind Barack Obama. We know that Oprah is the largest offline influencer of buzz. Her support has lifted searches on books, cars, and even Dr. Oz. She's hitting the campaign trail with Obama and searches on the senator from Illinois are up 24% this week. Queries on the daytime queen are up 10% as pollsters and pundits watch to see if her powers extend to the political realm.

Singer Barbra Streisand cast her lot with Hillary Clinton and backed the New York senator in her presidential bid. Searches on Babs jumped 31% and Clinton searches sang a happy tune, up 38% this week.

But when it comes to political muscle thus far, no celeb endorsement can measure up to the power of Chuck. His backing of Huckabee helped lift the former governor of Arkansas past his more prominent rivals in buzz. Check our graph of candidate searches over the past month...

You can view the graph if you click on this link: Chuck Norris Is a Powerful Man - Yahoo! Buzz Log

eDgE oF iNsAnItY · 12-06-2007, 04:56 AM

Huckabee is now unstoppable. With Norris by his side, who is going to stand up to him? Chuck will roundhouse kick the skin off their face.

**Opunaya** · 12-06-2007, 05:00 AM

Maybe Mr. T will back Ron Paul? He's our only hope.

eDgE oF iNsAnItY · 12-06-2007, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Opunaya

Maybe Mr. T will back Ron Paul? He's our only hope.

What could Mr. T do, though? Seriously? Get his chains stolen by Chuck?

**SeaStone** · 12-06-2007, 05:57 AM

I find this so hilarious. I kinda want Huckabee to win now, just because Chuck Norris is endorsing him.

NachtEngel · 12-06-2007, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by SeaStone

I find this so hilarious. I kinda want Huckabee to win now, just because Chuck Norris is endorsing him.

Thats a silly reason to want someone to win don't you think?

**SeaStone** · 12-06-2007, 01:20 PM

Yes, sweetheart, but this is what we call "joking", I understand that this is a foreign concept, but I think you can grasp it.

But really, wouldn't it be hilarious if he did win? (Ignore the fact that he might be the president.)

NachtEngel · 12-06-2007, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaStone

Yes, sweetheart, but this is what we call "joking", I understand that this is a foreign concept, but I think you can grasp it.

But really, wouldn't it be hilarious if he did win? (Ignore the fact that he might be the president.)

haha, for some reason I found this post hilarious. I have no idea why I took you seriously at first. If you ignore that fact the he might be president then it might be funny.