The impact of the massive interest and voter participation in the 2008 presidential election has shown up in Election Day search patterns among Internet users.

Google reported Tuesday that election-related queries quickly rose to the top of its lists of most-popular search terms. The search engine's Hot Trends showed that 87 of the 100 fastest-growing search terms related to the election.

As of noon EST, the top five terms included exit polls 2008, early voting exit polls, voting results, presidential election results, and poll results. Election coverage 2008, election update, election tracker, and who's winning the election also landed in the top 10.

Later in the day, Black Panthers rose to the No. 2 spot, after news outlets reported that people dressed in the group's uniforms stood outside of polling stations in Philadelphia (one with a nightstick) and intimidated voters.

From Sept. 1 through Nov. 4, the top five campaign-oriented people searches included Obama, Sarah Palin, McCain, Tina Fey, and Joe Biden. Chuck Norris, Cindy McCain, Bristol Palin, SNL Palin, and Colin Powell rounded out the top 10.

The hottest political topics included debate, social security, presidential debate, polls and voter registration, in that order. Rounding out the top 10 were gas prices, oil prices, FDIC, electoral college, and socialism.

The Drudge Report topped the list of most popular news and information sources for politics. The Huffington Post, Gallup, Real Clear Politics, and Rasmussen rounded out the top five. Rush Limbaugh, Politico, 538 (which calculates political projections), CNN Politics, and Daily Kos filled out the top 10.