A new study says the internet now plays a central role in US politics, with nearly half of all Americans using the web and other new media to follow the presidential campaign.The Pew Internet and American Life Project found some 17 per cent of all adults scoured political websites daily, read campaign e-mails and text messages, or otherwise used the internet to keep up with the election.
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