Tuesday, April 29, 2008

11th District Netroots Analysis

We'll start off with the Social Networking sites.

Myspace:
Fimian (just added): 2 Friends
Connolly only has a profile for last years Chairmans race.
Byrne: no profile

Facebook:
Byrne holds the distinct lead with 46 supporters, Up from around 30 last week.
Keith Fimian is rapidly closing with 23 supporters, Up from 4 last week.
Gerry Connelly remains far behind with 13 supporters, Up from 1 last week.

Now we have the organization site
MeetUp.com
Keith Fimian is the only 11th District congressional candidate with a meetup page

As far as blog support goes, Fimian also has a 2-1 advantage over any other candidate, This of course being because he picked up the nomination without any opposition.

Fundraising-wise Byrne is the clear online leader, However a large part of her money is coming from outside the 11th CD, The reason this is bad is, Traditional Fundraising is a great way to build Grassroots and Establish a dedicated team of volunteer's, Leslie Byrne has resorted to hiring people to do jobs normally covered by volunteers and therefore will be very weak against Fimian in the fall.

So as far as web outreach goes I'd rank the candidates
1.Keith Fimian

2.Leslie Byrne

3.Gerry Connolly

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