Evolving Landscape of American Politics with Technology

Mr. Johnny King, Alabama A&M University Dr. Maurice Dawson, Alabama A&M University

Agenda• Background• Relationship • Technological Advances • Internet Media• YouTube

Relationship• Tech innovations

played a big role in the election successes of the Democratic Party in 2008. • Text messaging

(Obama selecting Biden), social media, blogs, e-mail and internet Videos were all heavily used.

Technological Advances

• In the 2008 presidential election, more than $5.3 billion was spent on the campaign as a whole.

• 41.1% ($630.8 million) was classified as Media and Technology.

Internet Media

YouTube

Reddit Traffic to Barack Obama

Visualization of Voting Data

Any QuestionsPlease direct them to maurice.dawson@aamu.edu or jking17@bulldogs.aamu.edu