The Net Effect on Politics
Posted on April 20, 2004
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Mitch Kapor has a discussion of how the Internet has influenced the political landscape in South Korea. The piece only uses “Korea”, but it should be noted that this is only in the South of the Korean peninsula, because the North is all but shut off from then Net. An important note is how the Uri party was able to reach a primarly young, under 30, demographic via the Internet and to win control of the government after only 2 years.
I’m curious to see how the Net will factor into the pending (not even Paul Martin knows when) election in Canada, or in the November US Presidential election. It played a large factor in the party leadership bids of Belinda Stronach and Howard Dean. Although they both failed to win their respective party’s leadership, they raised more money and exposure via the Net then they ever could have through traditional methods.
Domestically, I think that the NDP has a great opportunity to reach the typically apathetic youth vote, who often share many ideals with the NDP, through the Net. If successful, they can become a real power in Parlement if the Grits continue to slide and lose its majority government. If Belinda can get the old boys club Tories to see the light, then it may be a new government, not a minority one. It will be interesting.
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