Battersea Election Candidates on the Internet
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BatterseaElectionCandidates
and the Internet
Dave Crossdave@dave.org.uk
@davorg
Welcome toBattersea
Martin Linton MPLabour
Majority 163
After fourrecounts
Sevencandidatesthis time
Martin Linton (Lab)Jane Ellison (Con)Layla Moran (LD)Guy Evans (Green)
Christopher MacDonald (UKIP)Hugh Salmon (Ind)Tom Fox (Ind)
Plenty ofactivity
How to keep up?
Aggregateweb feedsfrom allcandidates
Onlyfour candidatespublish feeds
Emailed othercandidates
One reply
1/ Too busy2/ Too hard
3/ Unimportant
“I don't reallyknow whatI'm doing”
“Computersscare mea bit”
How well dopoliticiansunderstand
the technology?
Feeds notexactly busy
anyway
With theexception ofone candidate
4/6/2010
4/7/20104/8/2010
4/9/20104/10/2010
4/11/20104/12/2010
4/13/20104/14/2010
4/15/20104/16/2010
4/17/20104/18/2010
4/19/20104/20/2010
4/21/20104/22/2010
4/23/20104/24/2010
4/25/20104/26/2010
4/27/20104/28/2010
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Twitter Usage By Day
martinlintonlaylamoransalmon4battercbattersea4brit
Date
Tw
ee
ts
Some vagueconclusions
This isn't theinternet electionwe were promised
Candidatesstill unsureabout theinternet
Unclear aboutthe benefits
Partiesneed to investmore resourcesinto digitalcampaigning
It's the future
Just not this time
•More Information
● http://ge2010.battersea-mp.org.uk
● http://blog.dave.org.uk/2009/04/overcomplicating-matters.html
● http://blog.dave.org.uk/2010/04/general-election-in-battersea.html
● http://blog.dave.org.uk/2010/04/modern-campaigning.html
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