Daniel_

I don't get your point here. Are you saying that his race goes against him (which is certainly the impression I get from UK news coverage), or that a black guy per se can never be treated the same as a not-black guy?

As for the OP, this is a trend that is far from unique to the US - the most recent UK general electin saw all the main players fire up their tame geeks to design some quite slick ideas to "engage the public".

The odd thing is that in our current technologicalworld we have more capacity to communicate and involve ourselves than ever before, and yet turnout at the polls falls every election.

It's a puzler, fer sure.

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