1. First Candidate to have a Web site - Senator Dianne Feinstein (1994)
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) became the first political candidate to
have a Web site, permanently changing the way politicians raise money,
organize volunteers, and interact with voters.
2. The Drudge Report Breaks Lewinsky Scandal (1998)
The Drudge Report, a little-known, one-man news site, beat the
mainstream media on one of the decade's biggest stories when it broke
the Monica Lewinsky scandal online. The Drudge scoop paved the way for
the blogging revolution and foreshadowed future online blog coups like
the downfalls of Dan Rather and Trent Lott.
3. Nader Trader (2000)
Ralph Nader and Al Gore
supporters in different states used sites like NaderTrader.org and
VoteSwap2000 to swap votes in order to help Gore receive enough votes
to win the Electoral College. It became a symbol of how the Internet
can be used in innovative, novel ways to challenge the traditional
political system.
