Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  The Internet and Campaign 2004 (06 Mar 2005) The internet became an essential part of American politics in 2004. Fully 75 million Americans – 37% of the adult population and 61% of online Americans – used the internet to get political news and information, discuss candidates and debate issues in emails, or participate directly in the political process by volunteering or giving contributions to candidates. A post-election, nationwide survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the Pew Research Center for The People & The Press shows that the online political news consumer population grew dramatically from 18% of the U.S. population in 2000 to 29% in 2004. There was also a striking increase in the number who cited the internet as one of their primary sources of news about the presidential campaign: 11% of registered voters said the internet was a primary source of political news in 2000 and 18% said that in 2004. Article URL: http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/150/report_display.asp Read 58 more articles from Pew Internet Project sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Photo Essay: The Tangled Web Electrons Weave     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy