{"id":745,"date":"2013-11-02T10:20:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T14:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.townehouse.net\/phoenix\/?p=745"},"modified":"2013-11-02T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T14:20:10","slug":"facebook-and-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townehouse.net\/?p=745","title":{"rendered":"Facebook and Politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WebPolitics\"<\/a>About a month ago I reported in this blog <\/a>on the social media acumen of the currently seated City of Cincinnati Council members and the two mayoral candidates. The point was to demonstrate if those politicians were aware of the reach of social media, and were they inclined to use it as a way to communicate with their constituency. The results were mixed and I found them interesting. Although the use of Facebook is hardly a determination of ones political worth, I think it does show a willingness on the part of the politician to capitalize on 21st century technology to open avenues of dialogue with their constituency.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Approximately a month has passed since that report . Since then I have expanded the experiment by posting a friend request to every council candidate. The results were interesting. By and large, most challengers were quick to respond to my friend request. Needless to say, since then my news feed has been inundated by political ads and cutesy photographs intended to demonstrate how down to earth this or that candidate really is. I do not think one should or should not vote for a candidate based solely on the results of the”friending test”. T do think it is a point of consideration, when looking at all the points of consideration for determining how to cast your vote. In the results below, I will lump all candidate together since they are no all candidates for council. I will not separate the incumbents from the challengers. They fall in several categories, as indicated below.<\/p>\n