Today's edition of the Baton Rouge Advocate talks about how the internet is transforming Louisiana politics. I was quoted in the article:
Louisiana is not exactly at the forefront of technology, said Ryan McLeod who publishes the Daily Kingfish blog, noting that it was just a few years ago that the last town in the state received telephone service.
While working in a U.S. Senate race in Connecticut, McLeod said he noticed that people were learning about political events through a community blog.
McLeod said he started his blog in April 2007 as a way to engage people in state politics.
"Everybody has an opinion about politics," McLeod said. "It's not just pundits."
Sadow is quoted in the Advocate article as saying the following:
Because of the initial interest it takes to get informed, the Internet mainly works to disseminate information through the more politically active members in a community, who talk about their views on a particular candidate or issue, Sadow said.
"I have no idea how many hundreds of thousands it reaches," he said. "It could be substantial. You just don't know."
