Another Sign of the Apocalypse

Courtesy of the Washington Post:

MySpace Sets January Primary

The first primary election will be days before the Iowa caucuses and the balloting in New Hampshire. The first online primary, at least.

MySpace, the popular social networking site, announced that it will hold a presidential primary on Jan. 1 and Jan 2, 2008. According to ComScore Media Metrix, MySpace has 65 million monthly users, 85 percent of whom are age 18 and over. Nielsen/NetRatings says MySpace users of voting age are three times more likely to interact online with politicians. They’re also 42 percent more likely to watch politically oriented online video, said Nielsen, and 35 percent more likely to research candidates online.

Last month, MySpace launched the Impact Channel, a central hub of MySpace profiles and official videos of the candidates. In a few weeks, it will conduct regular issue-based straw polls, with specific topics decided by users themselves, said MySpace spokeswoman Dani Dudeck.

With this kind of progress, I’ll be voting for Sonjia for President on Facebook by 2020.