Internet Important To American Voters

The number of Americans who used the Internet as their main source of news about the 2006 mid-term election slightly more than doubled over the 2002 mid-term election. A new report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project called "Election 2006 Online" said that 15 percent of Americans used the Internet as their primary source of information about the 2006 election. That was an 8 percent increase since 2002. "The vanguard of YouTubers and bloggers has become influential in politics," said Pew Internet Project Director Lee Rainie, one of the authors of the Project's Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Mike is a staff writer for murdok for the latest ebusiness news.