Election 2006 Online
1/17/2007 | 
Report | Lee Rainie John Horrigan
Twice as many Americans used the internet as their primary source of news about the 2006 campaign compared with the most recent mid-term election in 2002. Some 15% of all American adults say the internet was the place where they got most of their campaign news during the election, up from 7% in the mid-term election of 2002. A post-election survey shows that the 2006 race also produced a notable class of online political activists. Some 23% of those who used the internet for political purposes, the people we call "campaign internet users" actually created or forwarded online original political commentary or politically-related videos.
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Report Press Release
Presentation:
The Internet and Politics 2007
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Report Coverage:
Data Set:
November 2006 Post-Election Tracking
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