Went to high school with Jonah, we both went into politics, I left it for a while and we just reconnected. The great thing is what he is doing is just what's missing from Emergent Democracy.
7% of the General Public are Online Political Citizens.
The Influentials are 10% of the General Public.
70% of Online Political Citizens are Influentials -- this finding says a great deal, not just about bloggers, not just about politics. Its a good finding to generally support how bloggers generally influence.
59% of the people in Iowa use the Internet, 54% in NH, pretty high. More Kerry supporters used the Internet than Dean in both Iowa and New Hampshire. The message matters. He failed to close the deal. He energized people to vote for someone else. Influentials have influence.
Last week was the biggest Dean Meetup yet. Pug madness. Bowling Alone. Latent interest in connecting with people locally. Flipping the bird at the idea of a global village.
The Big Bet: Foo Camp self-organization works.
The Trippi Special: $10 grand! $2,500. Ok. All campaigns bought into the special. What people go to the Meetup for is to learn.
- 1800s-mid 1900s: Era of Joiners and Organizers, members and chapters
- Mid 1900s-2004: Era of TV, DC, PACs, DM, Why have members and meetings?" (when you can have Head
- Now: The era of network powered grassroots
There are meetups automatically generated for everyone running for office.
Defining Democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, 1831: ...The right of associaltion is the power of meeting...
Double Digit For Decades (DDFD): percentage of Americans at for decades used to go to social meetings.
America Offline.
