techPresident
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Type of site
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Blogging |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | New York, NY, United States |
| Owner | Andrew Rasiej |
| Founder(s) | Andrew Rasiej, Micah Sifry |
| Key people | Andrew Rasiej |
| Website | www.techpresident.com |
| Alexa rank |  185,155 (April 2014[update])[1] |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2007 |
| Current status | Active |
techPresident is a nonpartisan political website founded by Andrew Rasiej and Micah Sifry which tracks how the internet is impacting U.S. political campaigns. It was created in 2007 to monitor the 2008 United States presidential election. The site follows how the campaigns are utilizing new internet-based strategies and how citizens are creating Voter-Generated Content like YouTube videos, Facebook groups, and other types of media.
Techpresident.com is an extension of Personal Democracy Forum, an annual conference and online magazine which focuses on the broader topic of how technology is changing politics and advocacy.
History[edit]
techPresident was launched on February 12, 2007.
References[edit]
- ^ "Techpresident.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
External links[edit]
- "Here’s the Online Line on Online Politics, article by John Plunkett, The New York Times, February 12, 2007.
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