Election Brings Record Traffic to Capitol Advantage

VA Company Plays Integral Role in Election 2004

Washington, D.C. (November 8, 2004) - When an Internet user looked up their candidates this fall they were likely connected to databases created by Capitol Advantage of Fairfax, VA. Capitol Advantage through its online advocacy tool, Capwiz™, played a key role in providing vital up-to-date, non-partisan information on local and national races (including candidate biographies, their position statements and ballot measures) for nearly 1,500 Web sites. AOL, CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News, MSNBC, MSN, New York Times, USA Today, Yahoo!, and several other media giants along with Congress.org and Democracy Plaza brought millions of interested voters to their branded Capwiz sites.

"Since the start of the presidential debates, all of our customers' Capwiz sites have experienced a major jump in traffic. In fact, there have been more than 51.2 million total page views in just a few weeks." remarks Bob Hansan, president and founder of Capitol Advantage. "Our clients choose Capwiz as the number one medium to help their audiences become informed voters, contributing to the dramatic increase in Internet traffic on political sites. Online political information has become the wave of the future."

Other Capwiz facts relating to Election 2004

• There were 5,892 races covered for the General Election.
• There were 12,008 total active candidates for the General Election.
• There were 25,135 total candidates covered for primaries and the General Election.
• 3,183 candidates provided 11,773 position statements for the General Election.
• 167 statewide ballot measures (primary and General Election combined) were covered.
• During the presidential debates, traffic across all Capwiz Election sites exceeded 8 million page views.
• Through Capwiz sites, more than 500,000 citizens have registered to vote.
• More than 63,000 pledges were cast on Pledge Your Vote, an interactive president election poll.

More than 17 million unique page views were served by Capwiz sites on the days immediately preceding the General Election. Millions of voters flocked to Capitol Advantage's Web sites to research biographies and position statements and to send constituent emails.

"We are ecstatic that our customers' Web sites have played such an integral role in educating voters for Election 2004," states Barkley Kern, Capitol Advantage's chief executive officer. "It is satisfying to know that the work that Capitol Advantage does 365 days out of the year continues to position our customers as the "go-to" sites for political solutions for years to come."

About Capitol Advantage - www.capitoladvantage.com - www.congress.org - www.capwiz.com
Founded in 1986, Capitol Advantage provides grassroots advocacy products and services to more than 1500 organizations, including some of the nation's largest and most respected portals and media companies as well as trade associations, nonprofit organizations, corporations, educational institutions, and other organizations. Capitol Advantage's Capwiz is the leading online grassroots product.

For more information, please contact:

Susan Berger
Capitol Advantage, LLC
703-289-4670