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    Democratic Primary Campaign Impresses Voters

    Introduction and Summary So far, the presidential primary campaign has been very good for the Democratic Party. Public interest in the race has been relatively high. Nearly half of Americans (45%) have a positive overall impression of the Democratic field, up from 31% just a month ago. And while a slim majority of the public […]

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    Topline Results

    ePolitics 2004: A Study of the Presidential Campaign on the Internet Tables may not add up to 100 due to rounding. Front Page   All front pages ABC AOL CNN MSNBC Nat’l. Review N.Y. Times Salon USA Today Wash. Post Yahoo   (n = 60) (n = 6) (n = 6) (n = 6) (n […]

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    Content Creation Online

    The material people contribute to the online world The maxim is true: Anyone can be a publisher on the Web and many Internet users are. They have contributed to the online commons by creating or contributing to Web sites, posting photos, and sharing files. They are taking advantage of new Web applications like blogging and, […]

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    Additional Findings and Analyses

    Defense, Economy Top Concerns Economic problems and concerns about foreign affairs, including terrorism and Iraq, are viewed as the top problems facing the country. In an open-ended format, 37% volunteer such defense and security concerns as the most important problem facing the country, with Iraq and terrorism mentioned most often. About as many (35%) cite […]

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    Part 5: Social and Political Attitudes about Race

    The issue of race continues to divide Americans and play an important role in politics, as it has since the nation’s founding. Since 1987, Americans, ­both black and white, ­ have become much more personally tolerant. The idea of blacks and whites dating, once highly divisive, is now broadly accepted. There also has been a […]

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    Cable and Internet Loom Large in Fragmented Political News Universe

    Summary of Findings The 2004 presidential campaign is continuing the long-term shift in how the public gets its election news. Television news remains dominant, but there has been further erosion in the audience for broadcast TV news. The Internet, a relatively minor source for campaign news in 2000, is now on par with such traditional […]