After 1960, the ineffable quality of coming across well on television became an essential attribute of a successful politician. Though the election is still a few weeks off, it's probably safe to say that 2000 wasn't the Net's 1960, but more like its 1952. TV existed in that election, and Dwight Eisenhower flirted with the new medium. But TV wasn't yet pervasive enough to be a decisive factor. Another was the surprisingly early arrival of legally binding voting on the Internet in Arizona.
More breakthroughs are surely in store.
Yet, it's still hard to make a good case that the Internet has been a decisive factor in this year's election. Privacy Policy Stock data provided by Stockpoint and its data suppliers.