THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Read Magazine Articles on the Campaign  1952-2004


                           '52  '54  '56  '58  '60  '62  '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
                       No   60   **   69   **   59   **   61   **   64   **   67   **   52   75   65   69   65   **   75   **   77   **   68   **   **   **   72 
                      Yes   40   **   31   **   41   **   39   **   36   **   33   **   48   25   35   31   35   **   25   **   23   **   32   **   **   **   28
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                       N  1706      1751      1818      1446      1342      1117      2397 2293 1403 1406 1942      2036      2308      1499                1061  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 6D.3
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     1952: "How about magazines-- did you read about the campaign in any
     magazines." (IF YES:) "Would you say you read quite a lot or not very
     much?"
     1956-1988,1992 and later: "Did you read about the campaign in any
     magazines?"
     1960-1980,1984: (IF YES:) "How many magazine articles about the
     campaign would you say your read --a good many, several, or just one
     or two?"
       

     NOTE:  
     Cases where R responded Yes but, when asked how many magazines,
     volunteered 'None,' are coded No.

     This question is variable VCF0726 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  27NOV05