Social networking within Facebook and Myspace i feel does have a huge effect upon the political campaigns during this years election. This election is very different from others in the past because of all the new technology, blogs, and all the networking among people. These types of networking are very important because millions of people go onto them everyday. If they see advertising and endorsements of a certain candidate every single time they log on, it will start to stick in there head.
In Facebook theres so many options that categorize people. You have all the personal preferences of people within there profile. There race,religion, age,where they live, and even there political views. With all this information I'm sure that campaign mangers see that and try to target people through the use of this social networking tool. Also many people on these networks blog and talk about politics and why they feel one is better than the other.
Since Obama is so popular among young people i feel that these sites are helping him out more than ever. Lets face it young people talk a lot and like to be heard, so natural they will get it out fast because most older people don't take part in this social networking called Facebook.It should be an interesting anyway this November to see how everything plays out.
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I agree with how you say that social networking sites are benefiting Obama more. Young people spend the most time on these sites and are more likely influenced by his campaign trail.
I am also interested to see how this election will turn out. You made a good point about how a certain candidate is popular among young people and that young people like to express themselves and they are the main individuals using these social networking sites. I never thought of it that way.
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