The Google Election Index

Shortly after the 2004 elections I learned of someone who claimed to have proven the existence of God by Googling Him. That inspired me to create the God Index™. Using Google™ searches to measure the popularity of God™ against Satan™ and good against evil had never, as far as I could determine, been done before. At the time, God™ won, but there were troubling signs that God™ may be losing ground against both Satan™ and evil (see the full God Index™ here).

Today I'm launching the RelentlesslyOptimistic ElectionIndex™ to measure the relative popularity of Barak Obama against John McCain. Using Google, Google News, and Nils Windisch's Flickr TagFIght. I'll periodically repeat the searches and post them here.

If these results are indicative of the voters' intent, John McCain should be worried!

Comments

[Jennifer]

While the RelentlesslyOptimistic ElectionIndexTM is exactly half the number of words it really should be, the concept is pretty cool. I think it should be expanded to include statewide races for the U.S. House and Senate.