Internet Fund Raising Pays Off For Presidential Hopeful
from the a-sign-of-things-to-come dept
I'll admit that I haven't been paying much attention to Presidential election politics yet (trying to avoid it for as long as possible), but the one name I keep hearing come up in conversations concerning how the candidates use the internet is Howard Dean. Now he's announced that he's the first candidate to raise $1 million from online-only fundraising. While all the candidates are using the internet to some extent, Dean has really been focusing a lot of his efforts on the internet - which makes sense because he's less well-known and doesn't have the same offline fundraising powers as some of the more well-known candidates. I also have seen a number of articles about how Dean has embraced internet-organized rallies via Meetup. Not knowing anything about his politics, it is good to see any candidates learning to embrace the internet for what it allows them to do. Update: Wired is running an article about how Dean has embraced new technologies as well.
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Dean and the net
Mike - It goes a lot further than just fundraising.
Governor Dean's campaign has been a broad and deep embrace of the Internet. Consider:
In addition, they secured Rep. Zoe Lofgren's endorsement early on - a critical supporter given her connections to Silicon Valley. Governor Dean's campaign manager, Joe Trippi, is originally from San Jose and understands the important role the technology can play (he is a frequent contributor not just to the campaign's blog but to other blogs as well).
These guys get it.
--Rick
(You can also visit my blog focused on the campaign here.)
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Re: Dean and the net
Check out my website, I have a lot of Dean info with a lot of downloadable video as well.
-- Mitch
http://mcmanzi.tripod.com
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