Introduction

Through time the political process in the United States has changed with technology. With the dawn of the television to the introduction of the internet, the influence of each technological medium has changed in recent years. The reliance on these different forums has changed as the role of television in politics has diminished some, but is still widely relied upon by candidates and voters. The Internet has produced new forms of political involvement as well as concerns. All of the above will be discussed in how they have impacted politics in the electronic age.