Today they have content-driven pages filled with current legislative information, policy statements and press releases. As the Internet grows in utilization and content, our public servants struggle to keep up with those demands. DL No, and they can never be. The parties and candidates use a lot of paper and ink to promote themselves, but democratic political communication means that anyone can use paper and ink however he or she sees fit. Candidates and parties are often not seen as the most credible communicators anyway.
People rely as much on journalism and word of mouth to decide how to vote.
The potential of the internet is not its ability to imitate passive communication, but rather its ability to provide interactive, unfiltered information upon demand. The Internet has the potential to place members of Congress and their positions as close as a computer terminal. The successful use of the Internet by our leaders lies not in their merely discussing its exciting potential, but rather in their use of it as a way to listen to, inform and represent the citizenry. The key to President Clinton's skill as a campaigner is his brilliance at conversational politics. That is a clue to how the Internet can improve political communication.