MySpace to hold presidential primary

With more registered members than all the people in Mexico, MySpace would be the 11th largest country in the world...that is if it was a country. With stats like that MySpace is a logical place for presidential candidates to look for supporters. Currently candidates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Rudy Guiliani, and John McCain have their own Myspace pages, and soon they'll have their own MySpace primary.

MySpace has announced plans to hold a presidential primary on January 1 & 2, 2008 well before any US states have the opportunity to cast their ballots with every MySpace user having the opportunity to cast a vote for their favorite candidate.

It's no secret that MySpace is made up of a predominantly younger crowd, and members are allowed to create account with no actual verifications that they are who they say they are, making it possible for one person to have as many MySpace accounts as they can create hotmail accounts. So, could a MySpace primary make an impact on the actual election? If someone wins the MySpace primary by a landslide do you think they'll likely fare well in the real one?

If the election were determined solely by the amount of friends a candidate had then Barack Obama would currently take the race by a landslide. Obama is currently rockin 89,465 friends. His closer competitor is John Edwards who has a meager 16, 921 friends. You've got to take into account Obama also has that sweet networking site all by himself as well, that's got to count for something.

[Via TechCrunch]

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