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The twenty-first century has been good for those who favor citizen involvement in elections. Voter turnout has rebounded. Record numbers of citizens have contributed money to presidential candidates. New groups such as MoveOn.org have recruited millions of new members. Campaign operations have been decentralized—volunteers can now use their own cell phones to make campaign calls, and supporters can also talk up a campaign on political blogs and their Facebook pages. In sum, we have seen a democratization of campaigns themselves.
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Boatright, R.G. (2014). Casualties of the Ground War: Personal Contacting and Its Discontents. In: Holder, R.W., Josephson, P.B. (eds) The American Election 2012. Elections, Voting, Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137389220_9
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