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

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Twitter Usage By Day

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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