They live in houses don’t they?

“If leaflets were enough to engage young people, there wouldn’t be any need for politicians to be on facebook. But they’re not.”

Whoever said that it’s only the young on Facebook anyway?

“To start with, they don’t bother reading them.”

Does anyone?

“Leaflets tend to deal with small local problems, which young people tend to be less bothered with unless they directly affect them – such as public transport.”

Strangely enough, local issues often tend to matter to people as much as national ones. It’s all very well banging on about Iraq for instance, but more often then not the issues which really get people are such mundane things as bin collections and attempts at local regeneration.

And even then Facebook has some use. I’m sure you’ve come across local camapigns on Facebook for things such as “Clingoe Hill: Road Safety Now!” on Facebook just as one example so I wouldn’t just thing of Facebook as something for just banging on about national issues.

Facebook does have a more organising use, but it is also useful for communication between politicians and young constituents. Leaflets tend to deal with small local problems, which young people tend to be less bothered with unless they directly affect them – such as public transport. Apart from that, they usually don’t care.

Well I can think of at least one party (who shall remain nameless) who operate like that round here.

As to the claim that Facebook and leaflets are aimed at different people, I’d dispute that. If you have a letterbox (and most Facebook users do!) then you can be reached by leaflet.

I’d argue more that the 2 mediums have different uses, with Facebook better for organizing and leaflets bettewr for advertising.

To not deliver leaflets and rely on Facebook is even worse than not bothering with Facebook at all!

At least thet way you know that some of their activists have actually been down your way!