The Google voter: search engines and elections in the new media ecology

Figures & data

Figure 1. Search popularity for ‘Barack Obama’ and ‘Mitt Romney’ in the US, Sept.-Nov. 2012 (Google Trends scores on Y axis, dates on X axis).

Figure 2. Search popularity for ‘Gordon Brown,’ ‘David Cameron,’ and ‘Nick Clegg’ in the UK, March–May 2010 (Google Trends scores on Y axis, dates on X axis).

Figure 3. Search popularity for gender equity and women’s rights issues in the US, Sept.-Nov. 2012 (Google Trends scores on Y axis, dates on X axis).

Table 1. Average Google Trends daily score for gender equity and women’s rights issues before/after ‘binders full of women.’

Dates	Average Google Trends score
	Mean	Median
Before ‘Binders full of women’ (Sept. 1st–Oct. 15th)	34.48	34.5
After ‘Binders full of women’(Oct. 18th–Nov. 30th)	40.5	41

Figure 4. Popularity of women’s rights and gender equity issues on Google.com vs. US news media.

Figure 5. Number of UK news items in which ‘bigot-gate’ appeared in the headline or lead paragraph.

Figure 6. Search popularity for immigration policy issues on Google.co.uk, Feb.-May 2010 (Google Trends scores on Y axis, dates on X axis).