Google Adds Presidential Candidate Statements to Search Results

Heads upward, U.South. voters: Google on Mon announced a few Search updates aimed at helping you lot stay informed virtually the 2022 presidential elections.

"Starting today, you tin can come across where candidates stand on central policy issues, follow the nomination races with live results and an ongoing tallying of the consul counts, and get voting reminders and live result updates in Google Now," Google Product Managing director Jacob Schonberg wrote in a blog post.

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Google will at present bear witness candidate statements on topics such as national security, taxes, and clearing correct in search results. That includes direct statement from the candidates, equally well as quotes from news manufactures. So for instance, if you search for a specific candidate and event, such equally "Hilary Clinton economic policies," you'll now see a number of quotes from the Democratic hopeful at the meridian of the results page, without having to click on anything.

Google is also making it easier to track what'southward happening in the primaries and how each candidate is doing by state. When you search for "primary results," you'll at present meet the election schedule too as live results and a tally of how many delegates each Republican and Democratic nominee has received. This feature works in both English and Spanish.

Finally, Google wants to help yous remember to vote. In the Google app, you'll go a Now card reminding you to vote in your local primary and others highlighting who won each contest.

"We hope these features make information technology easier for you lot to keep upwardly to date on the issues, the delegates and your local primary," Schonberg wrote.

This article originally appeared on PCMag.com.

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