Measuring political awareness in 1989 and 1992
H1: voters in 1992 would demonstrate higher levels of political sophistication due to more quality coverage in the 1992 election (1992 saw more issue coverage and more coverage, in general)
Fndings: same level of politically informed in both elections.
What did Bennett leave out?
-Perot! People were more interested…perhaps not more informed. Need open ended questions?
Did Bennett use correct measures? i.e. back to the practical vs. civic knowledge debate.
Perot captured 19% of the popular vote. Obviously those who had previously felt disenfranchised now felt included—different demographic?
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