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U.S. presidential candidates: Now on MySpace
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March 18th, 2007, filed by Kenneth Li
MySpace launched its politics channel this weekend, featuring the profiles of 10 U.S. presidential hopefuls — five Democrats and five Republicans — aiming to speak to the notoriously hard-to-reach young voter. MySpace tells us that some 86 percent of MySpace users are of voting age, according to comScore Media Metrix.
What you see today is the beginning of a series of “large-scale” online and offline political programming that will continue through the 2008 election.
Here’s what you’ll find on MySpace’s Impact Channel:
* A voter registration tool (powered by Declare Yourself)
* links to profiles
* Impact-related events
* Non-profit job listings
* Viral Videos
* MySpace’s first viral fundraising tool, shareable throughout the network
* customizable badges (HTML)
Some factoids found on their MySpace pages:
John McCain
* “Join McCain basketball bracket” is top blog entry
* Favorite TV show is “24”
Barack Obama
* His “display name” is updated to announce upcoming speaking engagements
* Has a dedicated moderator and moderator contact for his MySpace page (obamaonmyspace@gmail.com)
John Edwards
* “John’s pals” section highlights MySpace users who made their default profile picture one of them with Edwards. There are 40 profiles currently highlighted in this section.
* Wife Elizabeth has a MySpace profile. She is his top friend
* Has also started a group on MySpace so users can communicate about issues and events.
Dennis Kucinich
* Has speeches uploaded to MySpace music and posted on his profile as audio
* Features a video made by a volunteer/supporter on his page
* Wife is among top friends
http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/03/18/us-pre...now-on-myspace/
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86% is of voting age? what about those who lie about their age?
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this seems pretty silly, however, if this works, i hope the people know why they will vote for them
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... all I can say is wow. Just when myspace seems to have faded, it picks itself up.
Well... I guess this is a way to drive up political attention. Hopefully it's a positive thing that will get people into the mind frame of voting. (awareness?)
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86% is of voting age? what about those who lie about their age?
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this seems pretty silly, however, if this works, i hope the people know why they will vote for them
You can hope, but considering how many people who already vote don't even know exactly what each candidate plans to do in office...I think you'd be lucky to find a better trend among new Myspace voters. But hey, at least the candidates are trying. Maybe some of the people who visit will actually learn something other than a candidate's favorite TV show. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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im definitely voting for john mccain.. i mean, he likes 24 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) definitely presidential candidate material, lawl!
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Ew seriously?
That's a little odd..
You don't expect U.S. presidential candidates cam-whoring now do you?
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Ew seriously?
That's a little odd..
You don't expect U.S. presidential candidates cam-whoring now do you?
lol hillary and bill
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korean politicians in south korea extensively use cyworld.
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MySpace launched its politics channel this weekend, featuring the profiles of 10 U.S. presidential hopefuls — five Democrats and five Republicans
Pathetic if they don't include the others who are in the running--it's actually misinformation.
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i don't know...people around me are switcing to facebook...but how interesting,i wish i can vote...just have to wait for the next next presidental election.
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Ok, now I've seen everything. MySpace is the last place I expected to see political candidates. Oh boy.
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i'm Hillary Clinton's Myspace Friend!!
