OBAMA THE FAVOURED ONE ACCORDING TO MYSPACE AND MANY OTHER ONLINE SITES
January 7th 2008 01:21
The Australian reports that US Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Ron Paul were selected by MySpace members as their parties' presidential candidates.
MySpace's count of more than 150,000 virtual votes on January 1-2 showed Obama on top with 46 percent of the vote, trailed by Hillary Clinton (31 percent) and John Edwards (eight percent).
MySpace, which dubbed its own exercise "the Nation's First Presidential Primary," said Republicans picked Ron Paul with 37 percent of ballots, followed by Rudy Giuliani (18 percent) and Mike Huckabee (16 percent).
Respondents said the economy/jobs, war in Iraq and health care were their top concerns, the poll said.
TechCrunch reported that Obama maintains “an impressive lead” in most online statistics.
He has 212,000 MySpace friends, 50,000 more than any other candidate (and he’s added 5,000 more in the last day or so). He won the MySpace New Year’s Poll with 46 percent of the Democrat vote. Senator Clinton took second with just 31 percent.
TechCrunch said, “It’s no surprise to me that he’s so popular on the internet. He’s just 46, young enough to mostly get the internet generation. He embraced social networks early. He continues to lead polls in the younger demographic, perhaps due to that early adoption. And in our interview with Senator Obama it was clear that he’s put more time and thought into his digital/technology policies than any other candidate. He’s taken the time to embrace the internet, and the internet is embracing him right back.
Senator Obama is also leading the TechCrunch Tech President poll with 54 percent of all democrat votes."
Early polls put Senator Obama just behind Senator Clinton in the New Hampshire primary.
- From MediaBlab
MySpace's count of more than 150,000 virtual votes on January 1-2 showed Obama on top with 46 percent of the vote, trailed by Hillary Clinton (31 percent) and John Edwards (eight percent).
MySpace, which dubbed its own exercise "the Nation's First Presidential Primary," said Republicans picked Ron Paul with 37 percent of ballots, followed by Rudy Giuliani (18 percent) and Mike Huckabee (16 percent).
TechCrunch reported that Obama maintains “an impressive lead” in most online statistics.
He has 212,000 MySpace friends, 50,000 more than any other candidate (and he’s added 5,000 more in the last day or so). He won the MySpace New Year’s Poll with 46 percent of the Democrat vote. Senator Clinton took second with just 31 percent.
TechCrunch said, “It’s no surprise to me that he’s so popular on the internet. He’s just 46, young enough to mostly get the internet generation. He embraced social networks early. He continues to lead polls in the younger demographic, perhaps due to that early adoption. And in our interview with Senator Obama it was clear that he’s put more time and thought into his digital/technology policies than any other candidate. He’s taken the time to embrace the internet, and the internet is embracing him right back.
Senator Obama is also leading the TechCrunch Tech President poll with 54 percent of all democrat votes."
Early polls put Senator Obama just behind Senator Clinton in the New Hampshire primary.
- From MediaBlab
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