Newscoma

Jack Lail has this over at his personal blog, Random Mumblings.

Nearly three times as many people ages 18 to 29 mention the internet as mention newspapers as a main source of election news (49% vs. 17%). Nearly the opposite is true among those over age 50: some 22% rely on the internet for election news while 39% look to newspapers. Compared with 2004, use of the internet for election news has increased across all age groups. Among the youngest cohort (age 18-29), TV has lost significant ground to the internet.
That’s from a new Pew Center for the People and the Press survey.

I think the Internet has dominated this election. In 2004 we saw the rise and fall of Howard Dean but his race was revolutionary as it helped mold what we have seen today. All of the presidential candidates have benefited well with fund raising, viral videos and grassroots Internet interest. Bear with me the next two days, because I for one see a lot of history being made and not for the obvious reasons you might think.

My only hope though is that the presidential race for 2012 doesn’t start on Nov. 5.