Numbers: Our Data Library

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  • Frames of Debate Analysis

    Debate coverage at the close of Campaign 2000 was more focused on the internal politics of the campaign than anything else.
  • Impact of Campaign Stories, by Medium

    In each medium, most stories at the end of Campaign 2000 were focus on the impact on the candidates themselves rather than citizens or interest groups.
  • Major Story Themes in Late Campaign 2000 Coverage

    More than half of the stories from the end of the 2000 campaign were about the internal politics of campaigning.
  • Three Most Common Bush Themes

    For then-Gov. George W. Bush, two of the three most popular story themes at the end of the 2000 campaign were focused on issues.
  • Three Most Common Gore Themes

    For then-Vice President Al Gore, the three most popular story themes at the end of the 2000 campaign were about the fortuns of his campaign rather than his ideas, in contrast with his opponent.
  • Timing of Story Themes

    As the close of the 2000 campaign drew nearer the press focused more on “campaign internals” (or horse race stories) than it did policy issues.
  • Tone of Coverage for Gore and Bush

    The closing weeks of the 2000 campaign saw then-Vice President Al Gore getting more negative coverage, but both candidates saw a deluge of negative stories.
  • Bush Character Themes

    The most dominant theme in the 2000 campaign coverage of then-Gov. George W. Bush was that he was a “different kind of Republican.”
  • Evidence for Bush as a Different Kind of Republican

    In the 2000 campaign, the stories featuring the theme of then-Gov. George Bush being a “different kind of Republican” most often cited “campaign tactics and rhetoric” as evidence.
  • Evidence for Bush as Unintelligent

    In the 2000 campaign then-Gov. George W. Bush’s “being unintelligent” was a frequent story theme, but the stories most often cited no evidence for it.