The MySpace Presidential Race

To be honest, I’m not sure which part of this article disturbs me the most, suffice it to say, it makes me want to run screaming.

MySpace has more registered members than Mexico has people. If it was a country it would be the eleventh largest in the world. So while it may be a major marketing event for MySpace to say it’s holding a presidential primary next January, you can be sure the candidates will take it seriously.

The MySpace primary will be held on January 1 & 2, 2008, before any of the official state primaries. Every user will be asked to vote for their favorite candidate.

Most of the candidates already have MySpace pages. See, for example, Hillary Clinton (7,468 friends), John Edwards (16,921 friends), Rudy Guiliani (private profile), John McCain (3,596 friends) and Barack Obama (89,465 friends). See all of the candidates here.

Source: TechCrunch