Political campaigns in full gear online

Mon, Feb 21st 2011, 05:07 AM

In decades past, politicians wore out shoe leather and bruised knuckles knocking on doors to reach voters, but it appears that in coming months, the general election in a very large way will be fought online.
Many local politicians know this and they already have widespread presence on the blogs, and frequently post on the popular social networking site Facebook.
In recent days, scores of Facebook enthusiasts have replaced smiling profile “pics” with one color — gold or red.
Diehard supporters of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and the Free National Movement (FNM) have tagged hundreds of “friends” as the battle for political power takes shape on th ...

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