Politics and Technology

Image via Wikipedia What do you think the role of technology will have in this years election?

In my opinion I see the Obama campaign hoping to leverage their apparent advantage in web savvy over the McCain campaign.

Now I don't expect there is any great advantage between the two campaigns in their technical skills or knowledge. No I just see a better flow of information and connections on the Democratic side and a more natural feel when you hear Barack Obama talking about such things. The Republican message is just as prominent on the web, but the flow throughout the entire organization doesn't seem as smooth or natural.

Will this mean anything when we go to the polls? It might, but then again even though everyone reading this is connected to the web somehow, there are millions of Americans that are not.

With the closeness of the last few elections I see any advantage as being an important one. I hear of, but I am not aware of, online campaigns to sign new voters and grow the democratic party in areas that may not of been fertile grounds before. If these types of efforts are successful there could be shifts in some of the states that were not considered battleground states before.

If this gets more people involved it is a good thing, no matter where you stand in party affiliation.

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