October 14, 2004
Internet Helps Foreigners Influence US Elections
This is the first I’ve seen of the globalization of citizens’ activism in other countries to impact the U.S. elections in a significant way.
In the last few days the U.K.'s Guardian has been setting up Operation Clark County. It is a way for U.K. citizens to have an impact in the U.S. presidential elections.
By typing your email address into the box on this page, you will receive the name and address of a voter in Clark County, Ohio. You may not have heard of it, but it's one of the most marginal areas in one of the most marginal states: at the last election, just 324 votes separated Democrats from Republicans. It's a place where a change of mind among just a few voters could make a real difference.
For another example take a look at this story on Norwegian citizens buying adds in US media against Bush.
The Norwegian site in English.
I am in search of pro-Bush examples, but so far all the cases I've found seem to be anti-Bush.
Also check out The World Votes.
More to come...
Posted by Buzz Webster at October 14, 2004 04:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Buzz - check out The World Speaks as well as the 'Global Voting' section of their links page.
"I am in search of pro-Bush examples, but so far all the cases I've found seem to be anti-Bush"
This is probably why: What the world thinks of America
Posted by: Robin Grant at October 15, 2004 01:45 PM
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