Interesting… does the Internet influence voter’s political decisions.  Today, more than ever, citizens are participating in the political conversation. Does this scare the political world? Maybe because they must listen to the citizens more than ever. It all comes down to checks and balances.
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Tony Blair’s outgoing chief strategy adviser fears the internet could be fuelling a “crisis” in the relationship between politicians and voters.
Matthew Taylor – who stressed he was speaking as a “citizen” not a government spokesman – said the web could be “fantastic” for democracy.
But it was too often used to encourage the “shrill discourse of demands” that dominated modern politics.
