{{COI|date=August 2018}} {{Lowercase title}} {{Infobox website | name = techPresident | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = <!-- or: | logocaption = --> | screenshot = | collapsible = <!-- set as "on", "y", etc, otherwise omit/leave blank --> | collapsetext = <!-- collapsible area's heading (default "Screenshot"); omit/leave blank if collapsible not set --> | background = <!-- for collapsetext heading; default grey (gainsboro) --> | screenshot_size = | screenshot_alt = | caption = | url = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | commercial = <!-- "Yes", "No" or leave blank --> | type = Blogging | registration = Optional | language = English | num_users = | content_license = <!-- or: | content_licence = --> | programming_language = | owner = Andrew Rasiej (Publisher) | author = {{Plainlist| * Andrew Rasiej * Micah L. Sifry (Co-founder)}} | editor = {{Plainlist| * Jessica McKenzie (Managing) * Antonella Napolitano (Europe)}} | launch_date = {{start date and age|2007}} | revenue = | oclc = 753905092 | website = {{url|techpresident.com}} | footnotes = }}
'''TechPresident''' was a nonpartisan political website founded by Andrew Rasiej and Micah Sifry<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://personaldemocracy.com/node/21444#staff |title=About Personal Democracy Media {{pipe}} Staff |website=Personal Democracy Forum |accessdate=2017-02-14}}</ref> with the idea of tracking how the Internet is impacting U.S. political campaigns. It was launched on February 12, 2007<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/technology/12techpresident.html |title=Here's the Online Line on Online Politics |last=Levine |first=Robert |date=2007-02-12 |website=The New York Times |accessdate=2017-02-14}}</ref> to monitor the United States presidential election of 2008 and was active until 2015. The site followed how the campaigns were utilizing new Internet-based strategies and how citizens were creating content, such as YouTube videos and Facebook groups, using the social media technologies.
TechPresident was an extension of Personal Democracy Forum, an annual conference and online magazine which focused on the broader topic of how technology is changing politics and advocacy.
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190424010105/http://techpresident.com/ Archived website]
Category:American political websites
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