Image Taken from Yahoo News. The popularity of blogs and the Internet have provided a new avenue for political candidates to have their voices heard. I subscribed to Hillary Clinton's and Barack Obama's listserv and I regularly get personalized emails regarding their campaign and requests for donations. However, they probably know what the other is doing, and therefore I get similar emails from each one, as one tries to combat the others attempts in fundraising. However I do feel that the Barack Obama website is much more simple and user friendly than the Hillary Clinton website. He must of employed a better web developer. It seems more sophisticated and less cluttered than Hillary’s website. This creates a better impression of Barack Obama and makes it seem that his campaign is more organized.
In terms of policy, I do like Hillary Clinton’s policies such as making the Government more accountable, her take on renewable energy sources and so on. Perhaps through the Internet and blogging, people’s voices can be heard and this is consistent with her policy of making the Government more accountable and to give people what they want rather than the Government dictating what is good for the people. The Internet can definitely make the Government more customer-oriented if used properly.
