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Posted: 5:36 PM Sep 10, 2006
Facebook Politics
Candidates using Facebook in campaigns this year
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Facebook social-networking Web site popular among college students is being utilized in Wisconsin political campaigns this year.
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A "Students for Green-Across the State" page has about 11,150 members listed supporting Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Green, while a "Wisconsin Students for Doyle" group has about 425 listed supporting Democratic Governor Jim Doyle.
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Tom Keeley is a UW-Milwaukee senior who heads that campus' College Republicans group. He says he regularly uses Facebook to send out notices about meetings and to seek out like-minded students who might want to get involved.
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UW-Madison senior Brian Shactman, statewide campus organizer for the Democratic Party's coordinated campaign, says Facebook has been key in reaching out to students.
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He says it's a way to relate on a student level to student issues.
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Green campaign spokesman Luke Punzenberger says the Facebook group for Green has helped students create groups at campuses across the state. He says the campaign has been able to reach a broader group than with traditional methods.
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(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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