http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/384/daily_digest_6_5_07 Comments for "Daily Digest: 6/5/07" en http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/384/daily_digest_6_5_07#comment-716 <p>Just another minor example of Ron Paul's online following: He dominated a handful of online polls last night. He is currently dominating the "who won" online poll at CNN with 54% or nearly 6,000 votes. The nearest candidate is Guiliani with 13% and 1,5741. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/debates/scorecard/gop.debate/results.html" title="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/debates/scorecard/gop.debate/results.html">http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/debates/scorecard/gop.debate/results.ht...</a><br /> Looks like he similarly won most other online polls by a landslide, including msnbc, abcnews, etc. (The only exception is the Drudge Report, I guess that's the only one Republicans actually read...)<br /> The Paul campaign is already bragging about it in a press release here:<br /> <a href="http://www.ponderthis.net/2007/05/09/ron-paul-builds-momentum/" title="http://www.ponderthis.net/2007/05/09/ron-paul-builds-momentum/">http://www.ponderthis.net/2007/05/09/ron-paul-builds-momentum/</a><br /> Obviously as "polls" they means less than nothing, but it is another example of seeing Paul's online energy. The post-debate polls on Saturday among Democrats were far more contested between competing online followings -- between Obama (youth-roots/i.e. Facebook) and Edwards (netroots/i.e. DailyKos).</p> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:51:26 -0400 Peter Erickson comment 716 at http://www.techpresident.com http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/384/daily_digest_6_5_07 <p><strong>The Web on the Candidates</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.newsvine.com/" title="Newsvine - Get Smarter Here">Newsvine</a> has created an application called <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/elections/">Election '08</a> for Facebook's Platform that lets you add a candidate or a party to your profile (I've heard that Facebook is working on a native app that will function similarly). To date, almost 18,000 votes have been cast and the most-added Democrat is <a href="http://www.barackobama.com/" title="BarackObama.com | Welcome to Obama for America">Barack Obama</a> and the top Republican is -- you guessed it -- <a href="http://www.ronpaul2008.com/" title="Ron Paul 2008 &mdash; Hope for America">Ron Paul</a>, and Obama is the overall leader on Facebook with 21% of users adding him. Fifty-two percent of users have chosen just the Democratic Party, versus 43% for the Republican Party and 3% for "Other." Where'd the other 2% go? </p> <p>Over at <a href="http://techrepublican.com/blog-fred-goes-tech-heavy">TechRepublican</a> EM Zanotti is hoping that Fred Thompson can bump the "Kucinich knock-off, Ron Paul, from the 'Internet candidate' podium" by continuing to use online video, blogging, and social networking, Twitter, and all of the other fun things the internets have for sale. Some accuse Thompson of being <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2167411/">lazy</a> by implying that he won't pound the pavement to campaign, but come on, isn't lazy just another word for innovative? </p> <p><a href="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/384/daily_digest_6_5_07">read more</a></p> http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/384/daily_digest_6_5_07#comment Barack Obama Facebook Platform Fred Thompson Hillary Clinton Ron Paul Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:17:31 -0400 Joshua Levy 384 at http://www.techpresident.com