Obama has big Internet advantage as campaign begins

Obama has big Internet advantage as campaign begins
By David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers


WASHINGTON — Barack Obama is the darling of the ever-expanding Internet community — but that doesn't mean he's automatically got a huge advantage over Republican rival John McCain in the general election.

"Democrats and Obama backers are more in evidence on the Internet than backers of other candidates or parties," according to a Pew Internet & American Life Project study released Sunday.

But Republicans are Web-active, too.

"There are few differences (among supporters of both parties) on basic measures such as using the Internet or going on line to look for political news and information," the report said.

Still, Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, starts the campaign with some unquestionable technological edges.

"Wired Democrats are outpacing online Republicans in their usage of the Internet for political reasons," the Pew study said, "from social networking to watching online video to contributing money online or signing up for campaign-related e-mail." The project interviewed 2,251 adults between April 8 and May 11. The error margin was 2 percent for the entire sample and 3 percent for Internet users alone.

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