According to a study of election interference over 16 years by the Media Research Center (MRC), supporters of former President Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can find some common ground as each of their presidential campaigns was targeted by Google in favor of an opponent.
Although MRC data demonstrates that the social media company consistently censors the accounts of conservative politicians and supporters, it targeted the Clinton campaign in its 2008 contest against Illinois Senator Barack Obama.
Google executives saw the Wall Street-connected Clinton as a more moderate alternative to Obama, who had professed a willingness to promote technology and back Google's activities in the United States Senate. To that purpose, Google flagged as spam anti-Obama bloggers who used its platform.
In the 2022 midterms, Google News directed users to left-leaning news sites more often than conservative ones, buried the campaign websites of GOP Senate candidates far down the first page of results, and prioritized search results favoring pro-choice questions and candidates. As a result, research psychologist Dr. Robert Epstein declared:
“Google stopped the (Republicans) 2022 Red Wave.”
Google continues to bury the campaign websites of candidates it does not favor, mostly Republicans, but also that of then-Democratic, now-Independent contender Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.