One Peter Cammarano supporter wrote me to do a piece about Peter Cammarano's new look on his website. This person has been a good source for me in terms of giving me information from time to time to clarify happenings on the campaign trail. Although I am on the record as being a Zimmer supporter, I too have to say that this revamp is an example of very good Internet design for a campaign website. I am just a blogger without fine arts proclivities but I do like the streamlined look of the new web site.
Now that I have given an honest assessment of the design I will next delve into the content. There are new videos added on the front page as well as the issues broken out on single page where you can collapse or expand by issue. I could not find the 16 page well presented platform document on the site that was published just one week before the May 12th initial election. It looks like the points were extracted from there and put on the issues page which is also a new addition. There are also more Youtube videos that have bene posted as well.
In contrast, Dawn Zimmer's website in a fairly functional one but in the opinion of many lacks the design flair of the Cammarano Website. In my opinion that is simply a question of financing. The Zimmer campaign has focused more on mailers and due to it's grass roots origins can't match the big money donors of the Cammarano campaign and spend a lot of money on a web site. The fundraising numbers were fairly close in the first round but I do predict the next ELEC filings will show Peter Cammarano pulling away in the fundraising due to large donor contributions as the choices have now narrowed. Peter no doubt has established himself as the establishment candidate. It is important to note that Dawn Zimmer has had her platform up for months now while Peter is just putting it up on the website this late in the election, not- withstanding the high level platform document published one week before the first election.
Here are the issues on Peter Cammarano's Website:
http://www.cammarano09.com/issues.php
Here are the issues listed on Dawn Zimmer's Website:
Tax Relief Plan
The Budget and Taxes
Smart Development
Infrastructure
Safe, Clean, and Friendly
Schools and the HUMC
Question for Readers: Does the design of a candidate's website give him or her an edge in the election? Or is it really the voting record, positions taken, faith that voters have in the candidate, endorsements, trust factor and other intangibles?
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