Facebook has become a remarkable way to reach out to young voters. With people already identifying their political affiliations on facebook, the guesswork has been taken out of it and now politicians can directly target their likely voters without much work at all. And politicians are taking note. They are taking advantage of this tool at their disposal. Especially when it comes to the provincial election campaign. But not all politicians are reaching out by using facebook. This week while the Howard Hampton for Premier group reached 370 people, John Tory added his 1000’th friend on the networking site, Dalton McGuinty still has yet to put his profile online.Having said that, Dalton McGuinty does have a presence on facebook. There are more than 1000 people belonging to anti-Dalton McGuinty facebook groups including the following:
The “Dalton McGuinty is an Idiot” Group – 15 Members
The “Dalton McGuinty is a Tool” Group – 15 Members
The “Stop McGuinty’s Crusade Against Facebook” Group - 604
The “Grants-R-Us Where our Liberal Friends Come First” Group – 25 Members
The “Get Dalton McGuinty off Facebook” Group – 33 Members
There is one positive group for Dalton McGuinty on facebook, and the amount of people on facebook that believe in the “Keep Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals in Office” Group – 23 Members.
4 comments:
I think that McGuinty needs to get on facebook. Its about more than political advantage, it shows a willingness to reach out and be accessible to youth who commonly use facebook. I don’t use facebook and don’t have a facebook account, but I believe it is a matter of perception.
Yes Howard Hampton only has one third of the friends that John Tory does, but he still looks good that he is on it in the first place.
Just because McGuinty doesn’t have facebook does not mean he doesn’t have friends or supporters. The man is the Premier of the province, ha has better things to do than hang out on a social networking site and talk to kids who cant even vote for him. Why would he waste his time with that?
Welcome back. I'll keep an eye on your site. I started in January 07 and switched to Word Press in May. It took some getting used to but the spam filter is great. I'd recommend trying it, but it's probably too late for the time being, since your back on blogger. Good luck,in any event.
Very interesting post. Tory does seem more interested in using social networking in this campaign. Have you seen leadershipmatters.ca?
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