A widespread effort by Democrats, led by Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Obama to encourage Latinos to register to vote, is finally working with the help of Google.
In just the past few days, Google searches in Spanish for “register to vote” have jumped over 2,200 percent. For comparison, there was a 430 percent spike in ‘register to vote’ in English over the same time period.
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Give Google the credit. It offered a new search tool in Spanish for registering to vote. After the search tool was offered, the spike took off.
Said Google: “On the eve of National Voter Registration Day, we’re doing our part to encourage American voters to get registered for the 2016 election. We’ve already added in-depth information in Search for registration and how to vote, and now we’re adding this same information in Spanish. Now both Spanish and English speakers will be able to get custom, state-by-state information on key registration deadlines, when to get to the polls, and even steps on how to vote early or by mail. We hope this feature helps simplify the registration process for more American voters.”
Google noted that most, 86 percent, who register to vote, actually vote.
Other polls show that most Hispanics who register, go on to vote Democratic.
Another Google search graphic showed that Hispanics choose Clinton over Donald Trump, 86 percent to 14 percent.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
