Some people believe so.
If the mainstream media see their job as covering what governments and political parties are doing, the Internet offers grassroots groups space to report, compare and connect. We are just beginning to see how the grassroots can use the Internet to upset and overturn election platforms, campaigns and even outcomes. From a feminist perspective, it s interesting to note that his running mate and Lieutenant-Governor is Mae Schunk, an elementary school teacher with 36 years experience in public education. You need only a few dedicated people to draw up questionaires, distribute them to candidates, collect the answers and collate them. The hard part always has been to get the report cards out to the voters.