this Christmas season was the coming of age of e-shopping then this primary season may the coming of age of E-Politics.
A quarter of Americans on-line check out their candidates virtually before they cast their votes, and now having a good website is a critical component of every major – and minor candidates – campaign. Jesse Ventura was one of the first politicians to use the web to his advantage – he credits his victory to the money, volunteers, and voters drawn in through cyberspace.
But like all things Internet, so much diversity often sounds like just a lot of static. Enter the Political Portal – a new breed of web community that organizes political information for you.
Has the Web come into its own as a political median in the way Televison changed presidential politics in 1960? We still can’t vote online but that’s all about to change this spring when Idaho and Arizona officially open the polls on-line for the first “E”-lection.
(Hosted by Bob Oakes)
Guests:
Jacob Weisberg, chief political correspondent for Slate magazine, and Phil Madsen web producer for Jesse Ventura’s campaign.