[Campaigns-l] Connecting people with information

[Peter Saint-Andre]

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Well, some folks predict the end of the newspaper industry before long,
so something will need to fill the void. :-)

Providing all that local coverage will be a lot of work, but that's what
dedicated volunteers are for, I suppose.

Peter

Genghis Conn wrote:
> The withdrawal of newspaper coverage from local political races and
> events gives this wiki a perfect window of opportunity. More and more
> people are looking online for political information (my own site stats
> tell me that) and something like this could become an easier, less
> filtered way to connect people with that information.
> 
> Right now, most of the political/campaign information online comes
> through campaign controlled sites instead of third party sites.
> 
> It would be great to have a way to generate comparisons on certain
> issues. For example, select an issue (say, property taxes) and limit to
> your district, and see what positions all the candidates in that area
> have on it.
> 
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