Posts Tagged with ‘presidential-race’

AOL Launches Elections Toolbar

Svetlana Gladkova

AOL has introduced yet another way to stay updated on everything related to the presidential election campaign of 2008 every moment you are online - a dedicated Elections Toolbar. The most important component of the toolbar is a live ticker that tracks all the latest news headlines to find those related to elections.
In addition to simply tracking news AOL toolbar provides functionality to easier access information on both candidates and all their latest speeches, statements or actions. There is also [...]

The US Presidential Race: Interest Online Vs. Interest In Iowa

Paul Glazowski

The presidential race taking place on the ground today in the US in the lead up to the big day in November 2008 – more specifically, the start of the caucus season - is mostly focused one place and one place only: Iowa. Four years back, New Hampshire fought the Midwestern state for media coverage tooth and nail. Now? Not so much. It still gets traffic, but it’s not where the great majority of sound bytes are now being tossed [...]

Presidential Candidates And The Social Networking Space

Paul Glazowski

I read a Reuters story this morning, in which a 19-year-old by the name of LJ Tsunis was reported as saying how beneficial it would be for presidential candidates in the US running in the 2008 election to “start hanging out on Facebook.”
I would argue the opposite. It would be a very bad thing if candidates were to spend time on Facebook. Or any other Web-based social network for that matter.
This is no attack on those websites. They’re currently enjoying [...]