Percent of Stories | |
---|---|
Public Record | 21% |
Tactics/ Rhetoric | 19% |
Campaign Platform | 12% |
Polling | 8% |
Voter Interaction | 5% |
Opponent Attack | 2% |
Remarks of Friends | 2% |
Past Personal Life | 1% |
Recent Remarks | 1% |
Other | 5% |
No Evidence | 24% |
In the 2000 campaign then-Vice President Al Gore’s competence was a frequent story theme, but the stories most often cited no evidence for it.