“数字鸿沟”是社会信息化发展过程中出现的新问题,引起了不同学科、不同领域的专家和学者的广泛关注。由于信息资源获取和利用的不平等,民众不同程度存在漠视电子政务、对电子政务不信任及在过多的政治信息中迷失自我的现象,其结果就是影响政治参与的公平性、导致新的贫富分化以及阻碍政治体制的改革。通过从政治学的视角分析“数字鸿沟”形成的政治原因以及给电子政务带来的影响具有重要的意义。 “Digital divide ” is a new problem emerging in the process of social informatization development, arousing widespread concern of experts and scholars in different disciplines and in different fields. Owing to the inequality in the access to and use of information resources, people have different degrees of disregard for e-government, distrust of e-government and the loss of themselves in too much political information. As a result, they affect the fairness of political participation and lead to new impoverished Differentiation and reform that hinder the political system. It is of great significance to analyze the political reasons for the “digital divide” and the impact it has on e-government from a political science perspective.