Candidates hip to online hangouts
A candidate said in the article.
"It turned out to be an almost no-cost way to get the message out, and in a race where my margin was 229 votes, who's to say that didn't make the difference,"
It is interesting considering articles like this:
Study predicts record youth voter turnout
I think besides just having candidates having pages and positng videos on the social networking sites, sites like Youtube provide a new way for people interact with the news. Perhaps being able to post content about elections whether you own or from a news cast makes people feel more involved in the election.
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A while back, there were some news stories about other politicians who have reached out to the youth population through MySpace. One story I read was about a female candidate who recruited two guys who weren't old enough to vote but they ran her campaign and through Facebook and MySpace and got a large majority of the younger voters (18-24) to get interested in the election.
Some feel like this is an invasion of one of the few spaces younger people have that is separate from their parents or adults but I see it as a great way to educate the younger generations on politics and get them interested in the policies that have an impact on their lives.
The younger we educate kids about the world we live in and get them interested, the more involved they will be when they reach voting age.
Jade
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