Facebook Goes Political

Everybody's favorite way to waste time, Facebook, has always had a space to list your political affiliation (liberal, conservative, moderate, libertarian, apathetic, or other) but it has just added a section called "Election 2006" which allows us to list candidates and issues we support. Mike Hatch, Amy Klobuchar, and all eight DFL candidates for Congress are among the candidates listed. Anyone can make their own campaign issue group, and though this addition to the site just went live in the past few days hundreds already exist, everything from pro-Socialist Party to anti-UN.

To start supporting issues and candidates on Facebook, click to edit your profile, then click the "Election" tab.

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