Mayoral candidates' Web presence and response is varied | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Politics: Local

Dallas is holding a mayor's race. And, Dallas may elect a gay mayor. But, this article covers some of the technology of being an eMayor and eCandidate.

I worry because the GOP write-in guy for mayor doesn't have squat on the net.

Koch and Kraus don't understand the internet. Ravenstahl's web and email replies as a candidate and as an elected official have been poor at best.

Mayoral candidates' Web presence and response is varied | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Politics: Local Increasingly, in the case of state and high-profile city elections, a well-organized and appealing Web site can make or break a campaign.

But many of the tools billed as reaching out to voters provide nothing more than the illusion of accessibility, said Phil Noble, founder of politicsonline.com, which monitors how politics and the Internet interact. That's because most politicians don't know how to effectively use Web sites to reach people, he said.