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Americans Go Online to Get Election Coverage
June 17th, 2008 at 11:35 am

A new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project “Politics Goes Viral Online” finds that a record-breaking 46% of Americans have used the Internet, e-mail or cellphone text messaging to get news about the campaigns. Analysts examine how new Web-based tools are expanding the campaign trail on NewsHour.

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