Data Points: Pre-Election News Interest

In the days before the election, interest in campaign news hit a 20-year high

November 7, 2008 RSS Feed Print

60%: Registered voters who were following campaign news very closely the weekend before the 2008 election

52%: . . . before the 2004 election

39%: . . . before the 2000 election

13: Out of the 25 campaign events that people heard the most about of the 2008 election, number of events that involved the Obama campaign

8: Out of those 25 campaign events, number of events that involved the McCain campaign

4: Of that eight, number of events that centered more on Sarah Palin than on John McCain

(For a list of the 25 events, click on link below.)

Source: Pew Research Center

Tags:
presidential election 2008,
Barack Obama,
John McCain,
Sarah Palin

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