Policy Shifts in the Presidential Debates

Policy Shifts in the Presidential Debates

To assess whether hearing a debate will be followed by a change in potential voters' ratings of candidates' policy views, 45 undergraduates completed a questionnaire immediately before and after viewing the third presidential debate of 2000 between Bush and Gore. Analysis indicated that ag...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychological reports 2002-06, Vol.90 (3), p.930-930
1. Verfasser: McIntosh, Everton G.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Attitude
Female
Humans
Male
Politics
Public Policy
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:To assess whether hearing a debate will be followed by a change in potential voters' ratings of candidates' policy views, 45 undergraduates completed a questionnaire immediately before and after viewing the third presidential debate of 2000 between Bush and Gore. Analysis indicated that agreement with Gore's domestic policy showed a significant shift of 1.2 from pretest to posttest.
ISSN:0033-2941
1558-691X
DOI:10.2466/pr0.2002.90.3.930