As my friend Raee would explain, I’m geeking out over the new IPDI study, Poli-fluentials: The New Political Kingmakers.

Someone stated at the press conference that people are beginning to examine the nuances of Internet involvement in politics. Since I spend a lot of time contemplating the nuances of Internet involvement in politics, I’m psyched to read it.

IPDI, with the help of a several sponsors, surveyed 10,000 influentials and took a closer look at those who are highly involved in politics. I’m sure that I’ll write another post with details for TechRepublican, but I had to gush here first.

The exciting thing is that they have a giant, and I mean giant, dataset that they just started working with. Poli-fluentials is the first report. During the Q&A, they mentioned several more areas that they’re reporting about including the regions of the country that are more powerful. Are blue states really that more active on the web than red?

I would willingly hand over any of my future offspring to get my hands on that dataset.

Go ahead and mock me about being a nerd. I promise to go shopping this weekend and watch a chick flick to balance it out.

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