The Ticket was a weekly look at presidential politics from a Texas perspective in the leadup to the 2016 election. It included veteran political reporters Jay Root of The Texas Tribune and Ben Philpott of KUT News. Find it on SoundCloud and Stitcher. More in this series

This week on The Ticket 2016:  KUT’s Ben Philpott talks with Google Data Editor Simon Rogers about some of the real-time reactions to the speakers at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. (Spoiler – searches for “Chachi Loves Trump” spiked Monday night)

Also, one of The Ticket’s favorite guests: reporter and author Matt Katz. After closely covering New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential campaign, Katz is following the drama in Cleveland.

Visit TheTicket2016.com, where you can find more episodes and links to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, SoundCloud and Stitcher.

Disclosure: Google has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune. A complete list of Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed here. 

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Ben Philpott is a senior reporter for KUT-FM, Austin’s National Public Radio affiliate. He has been covering state politics and dozens of other topics for the station since 2002, during which time he...

Jay Root is an award-winning journalist who reported for the Tribune from 2011 to 2020. He covered the dramatic collapse of Gov. Rick Perry’s 2012 presidential campaign and went on to write an ebook...