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Add to FavoritesWhen I first saw the topic on this article, i chuckled to myself. Democrats are raising more money because they are by far more popular. This country has seen a republican rule for the last 7 years and many Americans are tired of the constant downslide of reputation, power, and dollar value; of course, most citizens will have a need to blame someone (its just human nature) and the blame will be put on the republican party. Also, democrats are mixing up the polls. I consider myself a conservative when it comes to politics, but i have my eyes set on Obama winning it all. The Democratic selection for this primary offers so much more than the Republican plate. Also, the rivalry between Clinton, Obama, and Edwards heats up every debate, while the Republicans don't make much progress on the party's campaign as a whole.
All in all, each candidate is making money, and every candidate is extending their budget to catch all computer users (which is mostly the young vote rockers, ages 18-25). Every candidate will be paying his best dollar and hire the best political campaign managers. The managers will pay top dollar to have connectivity to those who surf the web through top bar ads, and social sites like Myspace, or Facebook. And when it comes down to it, almost every candidates internet campaign is similar. If Americans wanted another Republican, we would notice it. But the case is that voters are wanting a change, and they see a change through a Dem. candidate
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I actually believe that neither choice is appropriate, however I know that Democrats know where their target audience is.
Democrats generally target younger voters like college students that are idealistic, but not necessarily well informed. They know that some of the best places that people that vote Democrat go is places like news websites like CNN, New York Times, or even American Online (which is basically just CNN's headlines being repeated). These websites specialize in quick encapsulated articles meant to give the most information with the least number of words (and greatest number of ads!). This suits a party well that prefers to use buzzwords over actual facts.
Now, Republicans do their share of web campaigning, but they know that a majority of their voters are blue collar workers, farmers, or just people that would rather do other things than read. They prefer to use television, because it's easier to find programming that they can use on their target voters. Show an ad during a NASCAR race or wrestling event and you're bound to keep your voters where you want them. However, they do use Foxnews.com for the same reasons why the Democrats would use the above mentioned sites.
Personally, I prefer to get my information about coming elections from my favorite news site: The Onion (http:www.theonion.c om). All of their news is completely bogus and satirical. I always know what to expect from them. However, somewhere among their lies I find truth.
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