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The number one story during these critical weeks was the debates. Seven-in-ten stories assessing the debates focused on political matters, rather than where the candidates differed on issues, where they proposed to take the country, or questions of character, record and veracity. In particular, the majority of the pre-and-post-debate analysis (53%) was framed around the […]
Introduction and Summary George W. Bush continues to hold a slim edge over Al Gore in the final days of Campaign 2000. A Pew Research Center poll of 1,307 likely voters conducted November 1-4 finds 46% favoring Bush, 43% Gore, with 3% for Ralph Nader and 1% for Pat Buchanan. These results are almost identical […]
Whether a citizen gets his or her news from the newspaper, the Internet or television, this study suggests, could have a great influence on the views they form about the candidates and the election as a whole. Television tended to cover campaign themes more than any other medium—68% compared with 56% on the Internet and […]
Ironically as the debates kicked in, coverage of policy themes declined drastically, from 48% in Week One leading up to the first debate to 30% in Week Three. As the election got closer, the press favored the “race” over the issues. In all, about three-in-ten of the stories we studied related to policy themes. While […]
About this report These results are based on telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates among a sample of adults, 18 years of age or older, in the continental United States between March and August 2000. Much of the data presented here is from a special survey from July 24 to August 20 that […]
About this report This report is built on the findings of an innovative tracking survey of Internet activities, which was designed to get an accurate reading on the impact of the Internet on Americans’ lives. Running almost continuously between March 1, 2000, and August 20, 2000, the daily poll has asked thousands of Internet users […]
Results for the Campaign 2000 Typology Survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 2,799 adults (1,999 registered voters), 18 years of age or older, during the period August 24 September 10, 2000. For results based on the total sample, one can […]
Introduction and Summary With two weeks to go until Election Day, voters still can’t choose between Al Gore and George W. Bush. The perceived strengths and weaknesses of both candidates continue to drive voter indecision. People have a better opinion of the Texas governor personally than they had in September, prior to the debates. At […]
By Marion Just and Rosalind Levine At a time of growing concern about commercial influence in the news, there is new evidence that the problem of sponsor interference may be more widespread than many journalists realize. A third of news directors surveyed in this year’s local TV study report being pressured to kill negative stories, […]
Note: The following was sent out as an informal email. Please contact the Project for further details. WASHINGTON–The Pew Internet & American Life Project is releasing a report today that looks at how American Internet users experienced the Olympics online. In a nutshell, the Internet was a very minor player in people”s experience of the […]