Campaign events, the media and the prospects of victory : the 1992 and 1996 US presidential elections
By: SHAW, Daron R
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Contributor(s): ROBERTS, Brian E.
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ArticlePublisher: apr.2000British Journal of Political Science 30, part 2, p. 259-289Abstract: Presidential campaigns are the most obvious means by which American voters receive information about candidates and issues, yet there is strong resistance to the notion that they influence presidential elections. We conduct an examination of presidential campaing effects in the 1992 and 1996 elections that features three departures from previous studies: (1) a stronger definition of campaigning and capaign events, facilitating a clearer idea of what it that we are testing: (2) detailed data on television and newspaper coverage of the campaings, allowing us to measure media effects; (3) an alternative measure of electoral impact that is resistant to survey errors and random movement. We find that campaign events, and particularly media coverage of those events, significantly affect the candidates' chances for electoral success
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Presidential campaigns are the most obvious means by which American voters receive information about candidates and issues, yet there is strong resistance to the notion that they influence presidential elections. We conduct an examination of presidential campaing effects in the 1992 and 1996 elections that features three departures from previous studies: (1) a stronger definition of campaigning and capaign events, facilitating a clearer idea of what it that we are testing: (2) detailed data on television and newspaper coverage of the campaings, allowing us to measure media effects; (3) an alternative measure of electoral impact that is resistant to survey errors and random movement. We find that campaign events, and particularly media coverage of those events, significantly affect the candidates' chances for electoral success
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