At the very least, it's getting people to talk about politics more openly and in a different way. On the other hand, the people who seek out political blogs are more likely to be interested in politics in the first place. They also tend to be more leftist, upper-middle class, and educated.
Well, as I've said to Malk below, I think the leftist tendency is the opposition tendency to an extent, over here, the Right is a lot more succesful But having said that, the thing is that before, although I was interested in politics, I couldn't connect directly with others that were interested, I couldn't share ideas and information.
Now, I can. And when it matters, or there's a key issue, I can both find out more and spread the word with friends/colleagues. Blogging has got me back involved, put me in touch with like minded people, both aligned and non-aligned, and given me a chance to connect. Which is helping.
The internet has gotten more youth engaged than before, but the results are not exactly stunning. People are talking, but they're not actually doing anything.
Yet. I think the operative, over here, is yet. On the other hand, at a small scale, there are changes; the recent Pandagon (sp?) fuss is an example; would she have been involved in a major campaign if not for blogging? Would Kos still be courted if he wasn't a money raising machine?
I'm thinking this time the nominations will be wide open (I hope so), a good campaign with at least 4 candidates that could win so far, so turnout will be higher. I hope.
And I suspect sites like National Service and similar in the UK will be a good thing for mobilising. I still want to know what Tim's up to with that one...
Nice links; will look at in detail when I've more time, thanks.
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Date: 2007-Feb-15, Thursday 13:31 (UTC)Well, as I've said to Malk below, I think the leftist tendency is the opposition tendency to an extent, over here, the Right is a lot more succesful But having said that, the thing is that before, although I was interested in politics, I couldn't connect directly with others that were interested, I couldn't share ideas and information.
Now, I can. And when it matters, or there's a key issue, I can both find out more and spread the word with friends/colleagues. Blogging has got me back involved, put me in touch with like minded people, both aligned and non-aligned, and given me a chance to connect. Which is helping.
Yet. I think the operative, over here, is yet. On the other hand, at a small scale, there are changes; the recent Pandagon (sp?) fuss is an example; would she have been involved in a major campaign if not for blogging? Would Kos still be courted if he wasn't a money raising machine?
I'm thinking this time the nominations will be wide open (I hope so), a good campaign with at least 4 candidates that could win so far, so turnout will be higher. I hope.
And I suspect sites like National Service and similar in the UK will be a good thing for mobilising. I still want to know what Tim's up to with that one...
Nice links; will look at in detail when I've more time, thanks.