POWER RANKINGS

 
OBJECTIVITY RANKINGS
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Power Rankings Explained <<<CLICKWe will record a general search of election related news and a search in the most election relevent trending subject for that day. The results will be measured for objectivity and those organizations that end up in the first page will rate in the power rankings. Over time, the top media organizations will emerge. Once seven days of rankings accumulate, we will post power rankings.
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Why rate political websites by search rank? <<<Click This website attempts to identify the power of media in shaping elections. A political website's political power is directly proportional to its reach to swing voters. Swing voters absorb information passively more so than committed voters. In other words, swing voters will pursue information less vigorously than committed voters, see less information, and tend to believe what they see most recently. Google and Bing pervade our information universe and represent the most likely source for information for a person who otherwise does not follow news. More highly visible websites in these mediums, therefore, will influence these voters more and possess more power in elections. Where swing voters come down in election determines the outcome. We will also track DuckDuckGo search results for purposes of comparison, but its results will not add to the power rankings tally because the search engine's reach is too small.
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Why unique visitors per month estimates are a misleading measure of the political power of a website <<<Click Similarweb publishes estimates of web traffic for many websites and has received good reviews for its accuracy. You can see their estimates at similarweb.com. None of our ratings are influenced by similarweb. The shear number of visits to a website per month does not indicate how much political power it has. Some websites, like the New York Times, cover many subjects other than politics, but those numbers are still counted in similarweb's rankings. Where a website ends up in a politically specific web search is much more likely to tell us where swing voters derive their information.
 

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Anynymous Google, Bing, OneSearch (Verizon) and DuckDuckGo Searches from 5/12/20
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Objectivity Scores
Google - 7.3
Bing - 6.5
OneSearch - 8.5
TOTALS - SEE BELOW FOR COMPLETE DETAILS
Google - D2/N21/R1
Bing - D5/N27/R2
OneSearch - D4/N19/R3
 
GENERAL SEARCH ON 5/12/20 - "IRS stimulus check"
   
Google Score = D2/N21/R1, 92% more N than D, 96% more N than R, 4% more D than R Bing Score = D5/N27/R2, 64% more N than D, 73% more N than R, 9% more D than R

1. irs.gov - N/N

2. irs.gov - N/N

3. irs.gov - N/N

4. CBS - D/D

5. irs.gov - N/R

6. CNET - N/N

7. CNET - N/N

8. CNET - N/N

9. money.com - N/N

10. Points Pointers Video - N/N

11. WPTV Video - N/N

12. Points Pointers Video - N/N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Wired - N/N

2. Chicago Tribune - N/D

3. The Street - N/N

4. Washington Post - N/D

5. The Hill - N/N

6. Chicago Tribune - D/D

7. MSN Video - N/N

8. MSN Video - N/N

9. IRS - N/N

10. IRS - N/N

11. IRS - N/N

12. IRS - N/N

13. AARP - N/D

14. CNBC - N/N

15. Turbo Tax - N/N

16. Forbes - N/R

17. Market Watch - N/R

18. IRS - N/N

19. IRS - N/N
OneSearch = D4/N19/R3, 58% more N than D, 61% more N than R, 3% more D than R

1. Yahoo News - N/D

2. USA Today - N/D

3. Yahoo News - N/D

4. IRS - N/N

5. AARP - N/D

6. CNBC - N/N

7. Forbes - N/R

8. Turbo Tax - N/N

9. IRS - N/N

10. Fortune - N/R

11. BGR - N/N

12. Forbes - N/R

13. IRS - N/N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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