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[Edit: Jurist has replied to my comment on his site (which I've also posted below) to clarify that when he said Tamara had “the strongest web presence” of the Coronation Park candidates, he was referring to her “web site” presence, not her “online” presence.  I guess it's semantics – when someone says “web“, I think of the World Wide Web and all the various services that encompasses whereas Jurist's comment was only focused on one small element of the larger whole.  And even with his clarification, I'm still not willing to concede that Tamara's site is a better one in terms of being thorough or the more professional looking – in some ways it is but in others, it isn't.  Again, this is a matter of taste as much as anything and a full analysis of the usability and functional details included in each site is perhaps a post for another day.]

I've spoken many times about the respect I have for the work that The Jurist over at Accidental Deliberations does in covering politics in a very thorough, even-handed fashion. 

His recent post on the state of the races in Coronation Park and Regina-South is a prime example of this.  But I did have one correction to his thoughts which I posted as a comment on his blog and wanted to re-post here as well because I know lots of people don't click through to read comments. 

I'm not trying to start a blog war or anything but all the evidence I see is that Jaime Garcia has the stronger web presence, especially in regards to the metrics that likely reflect real world support. 

Here's the comment I posted to the Jurist's blog (not even correcting my bad math – Tamara would have to do 10 tweets to “catch up” to Jaime, not 6!):

Nice assessment. 
However, you're probably not surprised to hear that my one issue with
your post is your assertion that Tamara “has the strongest web
presence”.
 
 
As I write this, Tamara's Twitter account has 106 Tweets
with 27 followers while Jaime has 116 Tweets with 30 followers giving
him a slight edge.  On Facebook, Tamara has 189 fans while Jaime has
348 fans – neariy double your candidate's total.
 
 
I know both are imperfect metrics as Tamara could do six
different tweets listing the next half-dozen things she sees as she
looks around the room and “catch up” to Jaime.  But I think that
discrepancy in Facebook numbers is very revealing about the wider
support the respective candidates are enjoying – doubly so because I
know Jaime grew up in Coronation Park so presumably many of his
supporters are people who live here or also have roots here.  I'm not
sure if the same can be said for Tamara?
 
 
I will concede that Tamara has more photos on her personal
site and presents them in a very nice fashion.  But otherwise, their
sites seem to basically be very similar to each other in terms of
function and content.
 
 
Cheers,
 
 
Jason