Students campaigning for a position on the Student Representative Council (SRC) took to the streets and quads last week encouraging students to vote.
The elections for the Winter 2010 semester set a new high in voter turnout, with more than 3,700 students casting a vote. That more than doubles the number that turned out for the Winter 2009 election just a year ago.
But the higher numbers may be due to more than just enthusiastic street contacting and door-knocking. Almost 1,000 students joined Facebook groups supporting the different candidates.
This model of campaigning isn’t new to politics. President Barrack Obama’s Facebook page currently touts almost seven million supporters, and Ron Paul set records for gathering donations using the internet and social networking in the 2008 election. Paul gathered in $6 million in one 24 hour period according to USA Today.
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