The tiny town of Columbus, Ky. won an online contest to have John Edwards visit their community.
Columbus, pop. 229, started to "demand" an Edwards visit on the event planning site, eventful.com, about three weeks ago.
Shawn Dixon, 24 and a former Columbus resident, organized the demand campaign. He had friends and family join the effort and used social networking sites Facebook and MySpace to get the word out. Columbus beat Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, and other big cities.
Dixon, an Edwards supporter, said presidential candidates don't often visit rural communities.
"I thought it was important to create a new dialogue about the issues rural people face every day," said Dixon, who is living in New York and about to start law school at NYU.
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