This post is part of a student series written by BMS Senior Madi Johnson. Feel free to contact her at [email protected] if you’re interested in commenting on a future topic.

“Immigration,” “gun control,” “education,” “taxes,” “economy,” “same-sex marriage,” “health care,” “climate change,” “foreign policy,” and “environment”—according to a three-month study done by Google Trends, these are the ten most searched-for buzzwords of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. With so many different issues and candidates to keep track of—as of now, nearly twenty men and women have officially entered the race—and a Republican and Democratic debate already behind us, the election season is beginning to heat up.