Pew data on political Internet use

This has lots of interesting demographic factoids. There is an expanded PDF at the bottom.

The Internet Is Creating a New Class of Web-Savvy Political Activists.


http://pewresearch.org/pubs/280/election-2006-online

between 2004 and 2006 seem hard to believe.

Today, computers are like microwave ovens...everyone has one.
People appreciate true reportage. The internet is where the truth can be found.
However, if those numbers are accurate, it shows a majority prefer to have a tv pundit
do their thinking for them.

However, in his book "Ender's Game", the internet was the ONLY place for political commentary. A citizen could, by his own ideas, move up and up in the ranks of political gurus...eventually becoming a fountianhead of thought. Locke and Demosthenes were inspirations of mine...how one citizen through their ideas alone can affect political change.

Card was also very good in his conception of the "ansible", which was later found to be a relatively workable idea. (particles that were once connected, spin the same even when separated by a distance...allowing long-distance instantaneous communication to be possible)

But his politics are still that of a neanderthal.