Tribune de Geneve, Infos générales, Fre - A Geneva-based company, Agence Virtuelle, has been measuring the presence of French presidential candidates on the Internet for the past year to determine if Internet buzz is as good an indicator of voting trends as opinion polls. It is, says the company's president, Stéphane Périno. He notes that with 14 million French people online, the population base for the study is good, although there are limitations, such as not knowing who is under 18. Pre-election events such as the rapid rise of François Bayrou could be predicted based on Internet presence, says Périno.
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Internet presence could be as good as opinion polls for measuring voter trends
April 13, 2007 - 11:11 Geneva, Switzerland :: posted by Ellen Wallace
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April 13, 2007 - 11:11 Geneva, Switzerland :: posted by Ellen Wallace
filed under Geneva, Switzerland, Lake Geneva Region, Swiss News, Business and Finance, Politics, Society