the questions came from users of the site. >> if you were elected president of the united states, would you allow us to be married? >> i don't think that any of us could have possibly predicted the role that social networks would play in the u.s. presidential elections. >> candidates are gaining political supporters the way social networkers find friends. the potential voting audience is immense. myspace.com sees up to 56 million unique visitors a month and about 80% are voting age. >> while both campaigns hope their supporters spread the word, obama is friended almost seven times more than mccain. >> the obama campaign happened around the time when social media was experiencie ining a c of age. >> barack obama created a movement behind him. he's the first candidate eve ever seen who had an organization he brought together, the internet and the community organizing. >> the obama had the internet. he had myspace and facebook.