Visualizing gaps in political participation? Online bridges/wedges
Last year I took a deep dive into the Pew Internet and American Life's Civic Engagement in the Digital Age report: http://bit.ly/pewcivic Long story short, the report seems to suggest that despite a closing digital divide, online participation is not helping close the democratic divide based on income, education, race, age, etc. Before I beat a louder drum that says, "hey, investments and experiments with open government and civic tech should raise new voices and not settle for just amplifying the voices of those who already show up" I need better/broader/fresher numbers. I need visualizations that show the greatest gaps in political participation both in general and online to guide efforts that seek to generate the most results. So, who has those charts, etc.? Or do you want to help generate some? Thanks, Steven Clift E-Democracy.org P.S. If you scroll down you'll see some slides of note with numbers: http://bit.ly/newvoicesvideo - I am looking for far more pleasing displays of this research like this. ᐧ
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