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Pew Internet evaluates the internet's evolving role in modern political campaigning as candidates and voters use technology to connect to the election process. Read a summary of our research related to politics.

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2007

  • Presentation

    The Internet and Politics 2007

    Statistics and insights from Pew Internet Research about the role of the internet in politics and e-government activities.

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    More in: Politics, News

  • Report

    Election Newshounds Speak Up

    Americans flocked in record numbers to their favorite media sources for political news last fall. In this report, fans of newspaper, TV and online news sites tell how and why they differ.

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    More in: News, Politics, New Media Ecology

  • Media Mention

    Candidates and voters relying more on Internet

    Jan 18, 2007

    "Sen. Barack Obama updated the world on his presidential aspirations this week by posting a video to his new Web site, where the online response to the Illinois Democrat has been "overwhelming," aides said Wednesday.

    The move was strategic, as well as...

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  • Media Mention

    Americans embrace politics online

    Jan 18, 2007

    "The report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project also found that more people are contributing to political debate via their own blogs.

    While it stops short of claiming the net has politicised Americans, the report sees a growing online infl...

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  • Media Mention

    Study illustrates power of the Internet in political campaigns

    Jan 17, 2007

    "Candidates and those who run their campaigns have known for some time how the Internet has energized politics and reshuffled the old rules of how office-seekers, the media and the public operate. A study released Wednesday about online activities an...

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  • Media Mention

    Voters use Internet more, big role seen in 2008

    Jan 17, 2007

    "Americans turned in growing numbers to the Internet for political news and information during the 2006 U.S. congressional campaign, as Web videos and blogs became more widespread, a report on Wednesday said.

    Fifteen percent of those surveyed said the...

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  • Media Mention

    Political-minded folks flock to Net

    Jan 17, 2007

    "The Internet has become such a force in politics that 30 million Americans used it as their primary source of campaign information last fall, more than twice as many as during the 2002 midterm elections, according to a study released Wednesday.

    T...

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  • Report

    Election 2006 Online

    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.

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    More in: Politics, News, Government

  • Media Mention

    Internet Gains for Midterm Campaign News

    Jan 17, 2007

    "The Internet still trails television and newspapers as the leading sources for political news, but it gained significantly in usage since the midterm elections of 2002, the Pew Internet and American Life Project found.

    The study, released Wednesday, ...

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2006

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DATA POINT

87%

of American adults own a cell phone

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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.