From: Grlygrl201@aol.com
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 01:24:33 PDT
(source 17 is aptly named)
SLATE POLITICS: Mon., June 12, 2000
--net election: By the Numbers, Part 5
net election
By the Numbers, Part 5
By Bevin Cummings and Matthew Yeomans
In the confusing past few weeks, millionaire political neophyte Jon
Corzine spent his way to success in New Jersey Democratic Senate
primary, and newcomer Rick Lazio has suddenly become the one to
watch in New York. Once again, the numbers provide a measure of the
online political landscape.
1. Unique visitors to the GeorgeWBush Web site for the month of
May: 183,000
2. Unique visitors to the Gore2000 Web site for the month of May:
89,000
3. Number of times "e-government" is mentioned on Al Gore's site:
15
4. Number of times "e-government" is mentioned on George W. Bush's
site: 2
5. Cost to subscribe to FreeDem, a new ISP offered by the
Democratic National Committee, aimed at bridging the digital
divide: $0
6. Cost to subscribe to GOPnet.com, the ISP offered by the
Republican National Committee: $19.95
7. Time it takes to sign up for FreeDem if you already have access
to the Internet: Uncertain—numerous attempts at registration
resulted in irritating "field error" messages
8. Time it takes to sign up for FreeDem if you don't have access to
the Internet: 4 to 6 weeks
9. Percentage of photos of Rick Lazio on his Web site that show the
candidate with his family: 14.3
10. Percentage of photos of Hillary Clinton on her Web site that
show the candidate with her family: 0
11. Amount for which the owners of the AlBore Web site want to sell
the domain name: $5,000
12. Amount the owners want for the domain name
LittleGeorgeBush.com: Name to be auctioned to the highest bidder
13. Amount spent by Gore campaign in subscriptions to the
Lexis/Nexis online news service in April: $17,978
14. Amount spent by Bush campaign in subscriptions to the
Lexis/Nexis online news service in April: $8,527
15. Number of times "Gore campaign" appears in a Lexis/Nexis search
of all U.S. news in April: 665
16. Number of times "Bush campaign" appears in a Lexis/Nexis search
of all U.S. news in April: 952
17. Percentage of Americans who claim to be unaware of any news
stories about presidential candidates' standings in the political
opinion polls: 71
Sources:
1-2 PC Data.com
3. Algore.com
4. Georgewbush.com
5. Freedem.ibelong.com
6. GOPnet.com
7. FreeDem.com
8. Customer service at FreeDem's 1-800 order number
9. Lazio.com
10. Hillary2000.org
11. AlBore.com
12. LittleGeorgeBush.com
13. FEC documents
14. FEC documents
15-16 Lexis/Nexis
17. Vanishing Voter Project
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