ABSTRACT
In the first year of the millennium, Americans went online for information about music, movies, financial opportunity, goods, and services. Although the Internet has fundamentally changed the way citizens interact in the business and entertainment worlds, its effect on politics is less clear. Do citizens use the Internet for political information? Are Internet users more likely to choose a candidate from a particular party? Does the Internet reinforce existing dispositions or foster political conversions? As Internet use proliferates among the electorate, political scientists must examine how the Internet might alter traditional understandings of information acquisi tion, opinion formation, and voting behavior.
