Election 2007: Big Loss for Blogging Candidates
The 2007 Greensboro City Council candidates and the net:
Mayor: Yvonne: (web site) & Milton (web site and MySpace)
District 1: Dianne (blog) & Tonya (web site)
District 2: Goldie (no web presence) & Lance (no web presence)
District 3: Zack (web site) & Joe (web site w/blog)
District 4: Mike (no web presence) & David (MySpace) *David withdrew before the election; he’s now running for Congress.
District 5: Trudy (web site) & Sandy (blog)
At-large: Sandra (web site), Robbie (web site), Mary (no web presence), Marikay (blog), Kevin (blog), Bill (blog)
Only one of the six candidates with a blog (Dianne) won election, while three of the nine elected (Goldie, Mike, Mary) had no web presence at all. And none of those elected had a social networking site. Hmmm… So, is the web irrelevant for local pols?
