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P.S. Politicalweb.info has also launched their 2004 Presidential web site features grid: http://politicalweb.info/2004.html And E-Democracy is building its 2004 White House e-mail announcement list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More: http://e-democracy.us Among their top findings: - 84% of candidate sites facilitated involvement with the campaign - 85% of candidate sites linked to one or more other political site - 50% of candidate sites provided information beyond biographies and issue position From: http://politicalweb.info 2002 Candidate Web Sphere Analysis Campaign Sites Enabled Civic Engagement & Web Connections The PoliticalWeb.Info candidate web sphere analysis illustrates how candidates for House, Senate and Governor used the Web in the 2002 campaign to facilitate civic engagement, establish connections to other political Web sites through links, and provide various types of information to site visitors. Discover the relationship between candidate characteristics such as competitiveness of race, incumbency, political party and gender and the types of features available on campaign Web sites. Explore the Election 2002 Web Archive using our research-based interface: http://politicalweb.info/servlet/DrillSearch [Direct Links to Summaries and Reports] How campaigns used the Web These are some of the questions the project has investigated to date. Engagement What kinds of campaigns enabled civic engagement on the Web, and how? Summary: http://politicalweb.info/engagement.html Report: http://politicalweb.info/reports/engagement.html Connections Where did campaign sites link to, and what kinds of campaigns were most likely to link? Summary: http://politicalweb.info/connections.html Report: http://politicalweb.info/reports/connections.html Information What types of information did campaigns provide on their Web sites? Summary: http://politicalweb.info/information.html Report: http://politicalweb.info/reports/information.html ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***