Thursday, January 25, 2007

Campaigns & Social Networks

I find it fascinating how social networks and web apps are finding their way onto US presidential campaign sites. Presidential candidates are using these tools to speak with constituents and get their message across.

I have now seen links to Flickr, Facebook, Myspace, YouTube, Meetup, Google Groups and LinkedIn.

I call this Presidential Campaign 2.0. Here are some examples:

John Edwards

John Edwards Social Networks

Chris Dodd

Chris Dodd Social Networks

Mike Gravel

Mike Gravel Social Networks

Tom Vilsack

Tom Vilsack Social Networks

Interesting that these all seem to be Democrats too :)

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One Response to “Campaigns & Social Networks”

  1. February 14th, 2007 at 9:21 pm Peter Lanfear said:

    Very interesting topic. I’m guessing for some of the less prominent figures these associations will be attributable to internet savvy young things, who perhaps worked as summer interns for the politicians. Those pursuing a presidential campaign no doubt have teams dedicated to such tactics.

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