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Bloggers exercised their political muscle this election
season, and BlogPulse captured that data behind the trends. Download key documents
or browse the
charts below for the intriguing findings and data from the 2004 Presidential
election season.
Key Blog Data from Political Postings
Which political bloggers were cited the most in political postings? Which news
sources and web sites were mentioned most frequently? Campaign Radar 2004’s
technologies generated the following lists of key data from the 2004 political
blogosphere.
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Top Blogs Cited in Political Postings
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The Drudge Report, DailyKos and Instapundit were the top 3 blogs most-cited
in political postings.
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Top Media Sources Cited in Political Postings
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Bloggers link most frequently to the New York Times, Washington Post
and Yahoo! News.
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Top Web Sites Cited in Political Postings
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Web sites for the Kerry campaign, White House and Bush campaign received
the most non-blog, non-media links.
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Bloggers’ Preferred Sources of Information
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Media still dominates for news sources, with blogs and web sites grabbing
nearly equal shares of the spoils.
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Where Bloggers Rank in the News Hierarchy
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The blogosphere’s top 20 overall information sources included Kerry’s
web site and three blogs .
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Key 2004 Campaign Issues and Key Events
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Iraq and the economy remained top issues throughout the campaign, and
blog buzz followed key campaign, domestic and world events.
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Presidential Campaign Buzz
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Buzz spiked with convention and debate coverage, the Swift Boat Veterans
campaign, even television appearances and segments.
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Vice Presidential Campaign Buzz
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Predictable spikes mirrored the conventions, the debates and discussions
of the Cheney’s gay daughter.
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Swift Boat Veterans’ Data
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Bloggers kept the Swift Boat Veterans’ accusations alive several weeks
before the Kerry campaign and mainstream media responded.
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CBS/Dan Rather Memogate Data
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Powerlineblog and other blogs kept the CBS Memogate story alive in early-mid-September.
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