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Results for the survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 1,184 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period March 15-19, 2000. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to […]
AOL.comCNN/AllPolitics.comGO.comMSN.comMSNBC.comNational Review OnlineNetscape.comNewYorkTimes.comPathfinder/Time.comSalon.comWashingtonPost.comYahoo.com AOL.com America Online has become the biggest Internet service provider in the country largely on the strength of a reputation as a friendly, easy-to-use service. Unfortunately, that attitude doesn’t extend to the political news section of its web site. AOL’s politics news page is quite difficult to find. From www.aol.com, one must […]
What makes something a story in campaign coverage? Apparently, the decisions of reporters, editors, correspondents and producers are the main answer. Fully 54% of all stories were initiated not by events outside but within the newsroom in the form of analytical or enterprise stories. The most common of these was to do analysis stories, which […]
Results for the survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 1,330 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period February 9-14, 2000. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to […]
Issues Edge For Gore Gore not only has improved his image, he holds a commanding lead over Bush as the candidate best able to handle most major policy issues. The vice president out-polls Bush on nine of 15 issues tested. The biggest gaps come on traditional Democratic issues, such as improving conditions for minority groups […]
Results for the survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 1,091 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period January 12-16, 2000. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to […]
Introduction and Summary American voters are hard to reach and hard to move. They rely on a kaleidoscope of media outlets, old and new, to follow news about the presidential campaign — virtually all of which are given a mixed review for political objectivity. And most voters say that political endorsements by celebrities, local newspapers, […]
The study reveals some clear differences in the way candidates were covered, not so much positively or negatively, but the nature of the coverage, what got covered and who controlled the coverage. Bill Bradley If the former Senator from New Jersey wanted to be the candidate of big ideas, he did not succeed in doing […]
Introduction and Summary The outcome of the New Hampshire primary has changed candidate support patterns that last year seemed all but cast in stone. Al Gore has drawn into a statistical dead-heat with George W. Bush in a general-election ballot test, largely because core Democrats are rallying behind the vice president. At the same time, […]
’00 Priorities As President Clinton prepares to deliver his final State of the Union address Jan. 27, the public’s top priority — education — remains unchanged from recent years. But Americans are also sending a strong message to the president and the candidates who are vying to succeed him: Keep the economic boom going. Seven-in-ten […]