Study Of 2008 Presidential Contenders In Search Engines

window.document.getElementById(‘post-3845’).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Andy Beal has done a study of the 2008 U.S. presidential election in search engines, seeing how 18 announced candidates appear to searchers on Yahoo and Google. Andy examined the top 20 results for each name and tabulated the number of positive, negative, and neutral websites listed in the search engines.
Of all candidates, Ron Paul had the highest percentage of positive pages, no doubt due to a rabid internet fanbase that has been skewing internet polls for months. Of all mainstream candidates (those receiving 10% of the vote in any recent major poll), only Hillary Clinton has over 50% positive results. The most positive, in order, are:
Clinton – 52.5%
Romney – 47.5%
Obama – 47.5%
Giuliani – 42.5%
Edwards – 32.5%
McCain – 27.5%
The most negative, in order, are:
McCain – 10%
Edwards – 10%
Clinton – 10%
Guiliani – 7.5%
Romney – 2.5%
Obama – 0%
Clinton’s strong internet presence has significantly helped her campaign […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg