Dominating cable news mentions was one of the reasons Biden and Trump won their respective nominations before becoming president. In the month of July, Biden and Trump have been running about equally in mentions on cable news. Four years ago in July, Trump was getting mentioned on cable more than Barack Obama by a 9:1 ratio. Part of what is happening is that Trump is getting more cable news mentions than usual for a former president. Searches for Trump were more than 10 times higher than searches for Obama at this point in 2017 .

Source: CNN July 31, 2021 16:07 UTC