Democrats Make Gains in Key Special Elections: A Look at Google’s Role

With recent victories in three important special elections across New York, Virginia, and New Jersey, Democrats are seeing potential advantages as the 2026 midterm elections approach. It raises an interesting question about the role of Google—and, to some degree, other tech companies—in shaping electoral outcomes.

I first raised concerns about this back in 2015, publishing an article titled, “How Google was able to rig the 2016 election.” Over the years, I’ve shared this perspective in various pieces and interviews, and I’ve even testified before Congress on two occasions—once in front of Democrat Amy Klobuchar and another time with Republican Ted Cruz.

In my research, which has been rigorously peer-reviewed, my team and I found that Google has the capability to steer 20 to 80 percent of undecided voters towards a specific candidate, often without them even realizing it. During national elections, the influence can easily translate to over 10 million votes shifting towards their preferred candidate, who tends to be more left-leaning, like myself.

Starting in 2016, we developed a groundbreaking system for analyzing and storing personalized, fleeting content that Big Tech can use to manipulate elections, influence young minds, and compromise personal autonomy—all without retaining that data for the long term. We figured out a way to capture that.

This system has been operational since 2023 and continuously collects data—around the clock—from a politically diverse group of over 17,000 registered voters across all 50 states, with their consent. This real-time data can be accessed online.

Currently, our monitoring systems indicate that Google is, predictably, promoting liberal content while suppressing conservative viewpoints.

But, intriguingly, there are some unexpected developments.

You might be familiar with the term “false flag.” It dates back to the 1500s, when pirates would disguise their identity by flying the flag of the ship they were about to attack, catching their targets off guard and easily overpowering them.

Oddly enough, this strategy seems to echo what’s been happening between Google and President Trump lately. They have been friendly with him while, perhaps, preparing for a more combative stance.

Whether you admire him or not, it’s clear Trump appreciates flattery, especially if there’s financial backing involved. In the weeks leading up to the 2024 election, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai reached out to wish Trump luck. After Google’s successful ventures, the company donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration—placing Pichai in a favorable position. Other tech giants appeared to follow suit.

At a small White House dinner in September, Pichai even expressed gratitude to Trump for facilitating a significant antitrust case against Google, reinforcing their complicated relationship.

The donation, the dinner, and the phone call are just one aspect of the narrative. Faced with an impending Justice Department ruling and a court-validated surveillance operation collecting extensive data indefinitely, Google also made a strategic retreat. They looked into some of their election-related practices in the lead-up to November and lessened the liberal bias in their search results by around 20%, and in YouTube recommendations, they scaled it back by an impressive 50%.

As if that weren’t enough, we discovered that, just before the November 5 election, Google was sending out 50% more voting reminders to Democrats compared to Republicans—this reminder makes a staggering 500 million impressions daily in the U.S. However, once we shared our findings that evening, Google suddenly equated the number of reminders sent to both parties until Election Day.

This abrupt adjustment could have potentially cost the Democratic candidate, Harris, about 3 million votes. It wasn’t a minor adjustment for Google; it was substantial.