2008 was the internet election

The power of politics and the internet on the other side of the pond.

Pew reports that

"The 2008 election was the first in which more than half the voting-age population used the internet for political purposes,

1. Going online for news about politics or the campaign. Fully 60% of internet users did this in 2008.

2. Communicating with others about politics using the internet. Some 38% of internet users talked about politics online with others over the course of the campaign.

3 Sharing or receiving campaign information using specific tools, such as email, instant messaging, text messages or Twitter. Fully 59% of internet users used one or more of these tools to send or receive political messages

It would be interesting to see how these figures would look on this side of the pond.I doubt very much whether

a) we would have these figures available and

b) whether the online political activity would be nearly as big