The general: The generation gap
Posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 9:15 AM by Domenico Montanaro
THE GENERAL: The generation gap
The Washington Post takes a look at the massive gap between Obama and McCain when it comes to the various measurements online. "Obama leads McCain on popular social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube, as measured by sites such as TechPresident.com, a favorite of online political operatives, and the less-known but also valuable Compete.com. On MySpace, Obama leads McCain more than seven-fold; Obama lists 390,279 friends to McCain's 53,259. The gap is almost similar on Facebook. Obama supporters number at 928,905 while McCain's clock in at 139,749. And on YouTube, it's almost as if Obama and McCain operate in two separate layers of the atmosphere. McCain's channel, which has posted 219 videos, has been viewed a little over 4 million times. Obama's channel, which has posted 1,102 videos, has been viewed 51.1 million times.”
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“The Web is like a busy, massive, maze-like grocery store, and Obama has been more effective than McCain in ensuring that he's on various aisle, trying to attract specific demographic groups."
Remember when McCain was the first mainstream presidential candidate to really make it online (that was 2000)? Now he looks like he's old school…
IOWA: The
AP writes that Obama is favored in the Hawkeye State. “A political infrastructure that pushed Barack Obama to victory in the Iowa caucuses and an increase in Democratic voter registration make him the favorite in the state in November, but an intense catch-up effort could put Republican John McCain back in the game, veteran political strategists in both parties say.” More: “The campaign for the Democratic nomination also led to a surge in voter registration. Democrats now have 664,031 registered voters, compared to 577,914 registered Republicans, according to the state. Another 685,106 registered without declaring a party preference.”
OHIO: Democrats are already organizing and canvassing the Ohio exurbs. “National Democrats, sensing an opportunity, have started sending campaign workers into these fast-developing areas, where Democrats got blown out in 2004… Tim Prindle, a music store manager in the downtown, said the election returns are going to hinge on things other than what the Democrats do. A Democrat who voted for Obama in the primary that Clinton won, he said, ‘I just saw a bumper sticker that said, 'When Bush took office, gas was $1.47.' Right next to an Obama sticker.’”
“Nationwide, exurban areas -- far-flung residential areas out beyond the traditional suburbs -- grew about 31 percent during the 1990s, according to a Brookings Institution analysis. That's twice the rate of their respective urban centers. Delaware County grew by two-thirds in that decade, according to the Census Bureau. Between 2000 and 2006, the county increased 43 percent.” Dems are also funding staffers for down ballot races in Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi.
