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Measuring the ‘Internet Election’

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By Barry Ritholtz - November 3rd, 2008, 4:00PM

One of the things this election will be notable for is how well the Press is using digital media and interactive pages to dissect the issues and polls. I’ve gathered a slew of them and posted them in the Digital Media Tab.

Official website visits, YouTube, Facebook, Blogs, Polling: This election has had an enormous amount of internet generate content, much of which actually shed some light on the election campaign and issues.

Measuring the ‘Internet Election’

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Source:
Web Data Offer New Slant on Traditional Horse Race
CHRISTOPHER RHOADS
WSJ, OCTOBER 18, 2008

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122428213573345971.html

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Category: Data Analysis, Politics, Web/Tech.

Comments

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2 Responses to “Measuring the ‘Internet Election’”

  1. Mike in Nola Says:
    November 3rd, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    But does it matter? Remember the huge boost the blogosphere was supposed to give to Howard Dean?

  2. cAPSLOCK Says:
    November 3rd, 2008 at 8:13 pm

    Obama is kicking ass in almost every category of web activity but it is hardly showing up in the poll results. He should be much farther ahead in this race! Will he close the deal?

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