Throwing the recall petitions online made tons of people really nervous, even when they weren't searchable... I wanted them to be so I could be sure my name wasn't used, as there were cases where people circulating them forged names of people they thought would sign it. (not enough to miss the target, but they did exist and I think charges were filed for forging state documents)
When that one group came out and started publishing who gave how much to either party came out in just print form it scared lots of people that thought they could give money to their party and still be friendly with their neighbor who gave money to the other side, but things just got real crazy around here...
Both sides had lots of people who were taking constant potshots at each other, politics really became something to stay away from if you didn't want to get into a vicious fight that could drag out for weeks or months. I honestly can never remember a time there was so much hate going around, people went off the deep end and protested a special Olympics ceremony because the Gov was there. They boo'd state fair, again nothing political there, just opening it up, they boo'd a 13 year old girl, protested charity events because a sponsor that gave free food to it supports the gov. Both sides seemed ready to blow up at any small thing like finding out that you supported or didn't support their side of things. it was just ridiculous.