Monday, February 20, 2012

Traffic to Campaign Sites Skyrockets on Election Eve


       RESTON, Va., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore Networks today released an overnight analysis of Web visitation related to today's election. The analysis found that both Senator Kerry and President Bush's campaign web sites saw dramatic traffic increases yesterday (Monday, November 1).

  comScore findings included:

  -- JohnKerry.com and GeorgeWBush.com each drew more than 300,000 U.S.
     visitors on November 1, 2004.  This represents an increase of more than
     100 percent compared to each of the sites' average visitation levels.
     GeorgeWBush.com led JohnKerry.com by just over 3 percent yesterday.

       Visitation to Campaign Sites
       Monday, November 1, 2004
       Source:  comScore Networks

                                            Average of
                        Visitors on           Previous       % Change vs.
                            11/1/04       Four Mondays            Average


       GeorgeWBush.com      317,000            139,000               103%
       JohnKerry.com        306,000            151,000               128%

  -- Visitation among workplace users accounted for more than half of the
     traffic to both of the campaign sites.  Approximately 160,000 at-work
     Internet users visited JohnKerry.com yesterday.  This represents an
     increase of 154 percent versus the average of the previous four Mondays
     and approximately 52 percent of total visitors to the site yesterday.
     Similarly, 189,000 at-work users visited GeorgeWBush.com, representing
     an increase of 160 percent and about 60 percent of total visitors
     yesterday.

  -- Overall, the campaign sites have been as closely matched as the
     candidates have been in the polls.  After leading in the July and
     August ratings, JohnKerry.com lost the lead to GeorgeWBush.com in
     September.  Weekly rankings have shown Senator Kerry's site in the lead
     for the last three weeks.

       Unique Visitors (000) to Campaign and Party Sites
       Three Weeks Ending October 24, 2004
       Source:  comScore Media Metrix

                        Week Ending        Week Ending       Week Ending
                      Oct. 10, 2004      Oct. 17, 2004     Oct. 24, 2004
       JohnKerry.com          1,158              1,216             1,247
       GeorgeWBush.com          775                846               925
       Democrats.org            737                743               499
       GOP.com                  509                507               440


       For a full analysis, including daily, monthly and weekly trends, or to speak with a comScore analyst, please send an email to press@comscore.com .
About comScore Networks
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