User:Chriscyndy

Innovations of Political Fundraising The face of political fundraising has changed with the advent of computers in the home and its availability around the world, coupled with the Internet. In 2004 Howard Dean’s campaign machine generated record numbers of donor contributions, largely due to contributions via the Internet. Four years later, Barack Obama’s campaign capitalized on this same accomplishment and went a step further. The winning combination of sound political platforms and the use of the Internet served as a recipe for success. Basically, Senator Obama’s campaign would pick up where Howard Dean’s campaign left off. Not only does this way of communication generate political funds but it creates a social networking that would take the place of physically knocking on doors, not to mention, covering more territory. Also, the Internet is a means of reaching an undecided voter and offering a persuading push in the right direction. More recently, other political figures have gained a measure of success by using the Internet and the latest computer technologies available to many online users, but pale in comparison to the engine that was associated with the Obama’s team. Finally, the Democratic Party is proving that the Internet is a viable choice of raising huge amounts of funds, a few dollars at a time. Ultimately, changing the way political fundraising has been done in the past.Chriscyndy (talk) 18:52, 25 March 2009 (UTC)