A new conspiracy theory concerning search giant Google has taken root on Election Day in the closely watched race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
On Tuesday, searches on Google for “Where can I vote for Harris?” display a “Where to vote” map that lets uses enter their street address to find their polling location. However, a Google search for “Where can I vote for Trump?” does not show a similar map.
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the apparent discrepancy.
To be sure, it’s far more likely that interested voters will simply search “Where can I vote,” a query that does show the “Where to vote” map.
The different results in searching on Google for “Where can I vote for Harris?” vs. “Where can I vote for Trump?” were called out in a post on X by the DogeDesigner account, whose bio says they are a “UX/UI & Graphic Designer at Dogecoin & MyDoge Inc.” The post was highlighted by Elon Musk, owner of X and CEO of Telsa and SpaceX, who is a major Trump supporter. “Are others seeing this too?” Musk asked in a post quoting DogeDesigner’s comment with a video showing the different Google searches.
The DogeDesigner post claimed “Google is the biggest corporate donor to the Democratic Party.” According to OpenSecrets, Alphabet (Google’s parent) gave $14.85 million in federal contributions to Democrats during the 2023-24 election cycle, followed by Netflix with $9.89 million given to Democrats.
Musk’s SpaceX gave $129.4 million to Republicans and $723,883 to Democrats during the 2023-24 election cycle, according to OpenSecrets.
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