Alright, everyone is more interested in the American election even Canada. Why? ….Who knows. But this Post is not about who won it is about the type of technology they used. Something different to discuss than who won and who is better and what the issues were. Since John McCain is old, he barely knows about the type of technology we use today. Barack Obama is younger and understands how the young people think. Mr.Obama used this as an advantage to help his campain. He used technology to communicate with the younger active voters. He took advantage of the internet! Which is what the younger generation uses. How did he use the internet? He used sites where people could watch his campaining anytime, he used sites that people use to socially communicate and more! Yes, Mr.Obama is a smart person and I respect that.
John McCain also used the internet but Barack Obama’s use of the internet was better. Mr.Obama’s knowledge of the internet was far more superior than Mr.McCain. He caught the younger generations votes by communicating with them the way they are used too. He used social websites to communicate with them. Websites such as “Myspace”, “Facebook”, etc. Young people could then realise that they could relate to him and also notice him more. This could help recieve votes from biased voters. Mr.Obama also used websites that could play videos. People could then watch these videos at home and decide. He was connecting to people using the internet.
Using websites such as “youtube” helped him in his campain by getting interenet users to view his videos. When people find interesting videos they tend to send it to their friends or other people who may find it interesting. This helped him spread his campain even faster and easier. Also if you compare the Obama and McCain websites, there are some differences. Mr.Obama site is more appealing. It contains things that people could get. It has ringtones, music, and things that could be added to the Apple iPhone. These are more things that younger people are interested in. Alot of his votes from younger people are obtained thanks to the internet!
Since Obama made this really smart move of using the internet, many people may start taking advantage of this idea. Future candidates will also start using websites that people visit to communicate with them. They might use the same idea Obama used. Using “viral” videos and social communicating sites. And with technology still growing they will also find more places and get better ideas on how to use the internet to campain.


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