---
title: "The internet and politics"
description: "Statistics about the use of the internet for politics and e-government presented to the Personal Democracy Forum"
date: "2007-05-19"
authors:
  - name: "Lee Rainie"
    job_title: "Former Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/lee-rainie/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2007/05/19/the-internet-and-politics/"
categories:
  - "Politics & Media"
  - "Politics Online"
tags:
  - "politics"
---

# The internet and politics

I gave a short talk at the [Personal Democracy Forum.](http://www.personaldemocracy.com/) 2007 conference about the growing role of the internet in politics and e-government. The basic statistics undergirding my presentation are [here.](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Presentations/2007/The-Internet-and-Politics-2007.aspx)