1. Politics 2.0: 2008 elections onward Brandon Karcher

2. Introduction What is Politics 2.0? Web 2.0 (Tim O’Reilly) Sharing Creativity Collaboration Politics Discussion Campaigns Mobilization Events

3. Purpose The Conversation Party activity Channels Messages The Topics Trending Endurance Decay

4. Results – PartyActivity Compare to 2008 research Democrats vs. Republicans

5. Results – Channel Activity Party specific media channels

6. Results – Topic Trending Conversation clouds for parties show recurring topics as discussion points.

7. Results – Interesting Finding Japan

8. Importance Campaign implications Party shift Self branding Voter implications Be heard Who cares?

9. End. Thanks! Questions?