THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Read about Campaign in Newspapers  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   21   **   31   **   20   **   21   **   25   **   43   39   27   29   29   28   23   36   36   35   35   **   45   **   44   **   33 
                      Yes   79   **   69   **   80   **   79   **   75   **   57   61   73   71   71   72   77   64   64   65   65   **   55   **   56   **   67
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                       N  1708      1760      1823      1448      1348      1115 2485 2393 2257 1400 1416 1943 2171 1559 1976 1739      1270      1320       896  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 6D.4
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     1952,1956,1960,1964,1968,1972,1976: "..did you read (1972 ONLY: much)
     about the campaign in any newspaper?"
     1974: (IF R READS A DAILY NEWSPAPER:) "Did you read anything about the
     campaign this year in any newspaper?"
     1978-1986,1990: "Did you read about the campaign in any newspapers?"
     1988,1992 and later: (IF R HAS READ A DAILY NEWSPAPER IN THE PAST WEEK:)
     "Did you read about the campaign in any newspaper?"
       

     NOTE:  
     In some years, this was followed by a question asking how many
     articles R had read. Cases where R responded Yes but, when asked how
     many articles, volunteered 'None,' are coded No.

     This question is variable VCF0727 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