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Sunday, October 13, 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2467-2002Oct9.html Technology Shapes Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts Brian Krebs Keenly aware that the role of the World Wide Web in the 2000 elections fell far short of the hype, campaign consultants now are selling the Internet less for its vote-getting power than as a command-and-control tool to reach out to the faithful. "The Internet is a medium that's best used to preach to the choir, not to convert," said Dan Manatt, director of YDemsCan.net, a Democratic political action committee that supports candidates aged 40 and younger. "The political landscape online is changing subtly in that it's really starting to tilt toward the medium's strengths."...
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