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 I just can’t wait – this election season is going to be so good!  In an earlier post I wrote about how this election was going to shift to online video like never before.  This time, I wondered how many candidates had MySpace profiles and what they were doing with them.  Here is the “semi” official list of 2008 Presidential Candidates MySpace profiles. 

News Flash – The Democrats are Much More Popular Than the Republicans

                 19,000+                                     25,000+                                      1,110+

Not that MySpace is such a bastion of political thought and objectivity but “grassroots” has now become “webroot” campaigning and some of the candidates are taking to their profiles to get their message across.  The headline above is a slightly misleading because it is really Hillary Clinton’s, Barack Obama and John Edwards profiles that amount for most of the friends attached to any candidate profile. 

 Here is the list of current and considering candidates.  Not all of theses are the official profiles for the candidates with the ones that that are least likely to be officially sanctioned marked with a “**”.  If you have the links for the ones I could not find or the correct profiles, please email me.

Democratic Candidates (Announced & Considering) 56,000+ “Friends”

• Hillary Clinton (Sen. D-NY) :: MySpace Profile (19,000+ Friends)
  Barack Obama (Sen. D-IL) :: Myspace Profile (25,000+ Friends)
• Joseph Biden (Sen. D-De.) :: MySpace Profile (187 Firends)
• Christopher Dodd (Sen. D-CT) :: Myspace Profile ( 95+ Friends)
• John Edwards (Fmr Senator) :: MySpace Profile ( 10,000+ Friends)
• Mike Gravel (Former Senator) :: No MySpace Profile Found
• Dennis Kucinich (Rep. D-OH) :: MySpace Profile ( 649 Friends)
• Tom Vilsack (Former Gov.) :: MySpace Profile ( 1,100+ Friends)
• Bill Richardson (Gov. New Mexico) :: MySpace Profile ( 480+ Friends)

Republican Candidates (Announced & Considering) 5,550+ “Friends”

• John McCain (Sen. R-AZ) :: MySpace Profile ( 1,110+ Friends)
• Rudy Giuliani (Fmr Mayor NYC) :: MySpace Profile ( 1,200+) **
• Mitt Romney (Fmr Gov. MA) :: MySpace Profile ( 180+ Friends) **
• Tommy Thompson (Govenor WI) :: No MySpace Profile Found
• Sam Brownback (Sen. R-KS)  :: MySpace Profile ( 520+ Friends) **
• John Cox (Civilian) :: MySpace Profile ( 27 Friends)
• Duncan Hunter (Rep. R-CA) :: No MySpace Profile Found
• John Gilmore (Former Govenor) :: No MySpace Profile Found
• Ron Paul (Rep. R-PA) :: MySpace Profile ( 1,610+ Friends)**
• Tom Tancredo (Rep. R-CO) :: MySpace Profile ( 900+ Friends)

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