A Tale of Two Websites
To mangle a phrase from Groundhog Day , well, it's election season...again. While lots of attention gets paid to ads and speeches, debates and town halls, interviews and more ads, not a lot of attention gets paid to candidates' websites. Which is kind of odd this far into the internet age, but also, perhaps not. Since political campaign websites became a thing, they've generally been rather lackluster, reminiscent of the mom and pop business that has a Wix site because they figure they have to in the digital age. The typical campaign website includes ways to donate (of course), ways to volunteer, a newsletter signup, a swag store, and somewhere beneath all that a fairly concise list of the candidate's achievements and policy proposals. What should be the meat-and-potatoes of a campaign is boiled down to a resume-length document that's more fat-and-sugar. This season, the official Joe Biden campaign website ( joebiden.com ) is no different. One is immediately greeted...