Percent of Stories | |
---|---|
Straight News | 38% |
Tactics and Strategy | 22% |
Political System | 12% |
Horse Race | 9% |
Temperament | 5% |
Leadership Style | 4% |
Policy | 4% |
Candidate Health | 3% |
In the first months of the 2000 presidential campaign straight news stories were the most common type of election story citizens found in the news media.