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Fri 12 Dec 2006Web-based politics and democracy for the 21st centuryNet Results: If you followed any of the news coverage of the recent American elections, you will be well aware that much of the coverage featured the persuasive role that video clips played in the election campaign, writes Karlin LillingtonInitially, many of the clips appearing on sites such as YouTube.com were snippets of interviews on television programmes - sometimes, long ago programmes where a politician could be seen taking a stance opposite to whatever he or she was saying now.