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Open source politics - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Civics, Diplomacy, Diplomatics, Geopolitics, Government, Manipulation, Statecraft, Statesmanship

Open source politics is term used to describe the political process by using internet technologies such as blogs and email, to provide for a rapid feedback mechanism between political organizations and their supporters.

It is most closely associated with the 2004 Presidential Campaign of Howard Dean and to a lesser extent with the Draft Clark movement. It has since become used by a number of activist groups to describe the process of creating input.

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Example Usage of politics

iforg: @IanAspin wholeheartedly acknowledge him/her. In politics I am probably digging my own grave! Self-service is the name of the game...
kpich: Obligatory two hours of arguing about politics out of the way. Stupid holidays. I guess I'm a communist? I didn't realize.
msmaryb: Trying to be thankful instead of wanting to strangle dh. Shut up politics and OU, shut up shut up.
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