With less than 18-months until the next US Presidential election, the number of presidential candidate presences has grown steadily. In real-life the USA has a significant influence on the world, including Australia, so we’ll follow the campaign as it hots up in SL. Here’s what’s happening so far:
Republicans
Republican Ron Paul is one of the lesser known candidates:
The Republican Party of SL gives you the opportunity to vote for your preferred Republican candidate:
Democrats
Edwards Campaign Central is the area devoted to Democrat John Edwards’ tilt:
Hillary Clinton 2008 is one of the glitzier presences:
Grassroots Barack Obama HQ is quite corporate with plenty of Obama photos and Obama TV.
Mike Gravel 2008 Headquarters has extensive information on his policy positions and is a large presence to boot (perhaps inversely proportional to his level of real-life support):
Related presences
Finally, there’s the Presidential Flag store which has flags and t-shirts from all the known candidates as well as a sales leaderboard:
[…] As mentioned previously, Hillary Clinton has a campaign presence in SL. We took the opportunity to catch up with chairperson of the Hillary 2008 Group in Second Life, Padlurowncanoe Dibou. She’s an educational technology director, Democrat member and mother or three. She’s also very passionate about the benefits of Second Life for promoting policy debate. […]