America is at 70% internet penetration according to these stats. It looks like the presidential candidates are taking the internet really seriously this time, because they’re on Flickr and even have their own social networking application!
Barack Obama on Flickr. His social networking application.
John Edwards on Flickr.
From figures I’ve seen, India is at around 5-6% penetration. So, it looks like it will take atleast another decade for the internet to play any significant role in Indian politics.