Did you read any newspaper articles about the campaign?

Read newspaper articles about the campaign · Asked in 20 waves, 1952–2008 · 32,292 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 0 in 1972, 1984, 1992, 2008. Kept and flagged: 0 (other_missing). Codebook notes: See VCF0724. GENERAL NOTE: In 1974, 1988 and 1992, this question was preceded by a filter. The 1974 filter was: Do you read a daily newspaper? In 1988 and 1992 the filter was: How many days in the past week did you read a daily paper? Rs who replied ‘no’ [1974] or ‘none’ [1988] to the filter question were not asked this question. However, 1974 Rs who replied ‘no’ have been coded 1 while 1988 and 1992 Rs who replied ‘none’ have been coded 0. In most years, this question was accompanied by a follow-up question which asked how much/how often R read campaign articles, how many campaign articles R read, or how much attention R paid to campaign articles. If the respondent had read articles at all, regardless how little, then R has been coded 2. Several 1986, 1990, 1992, and 1996 respondents who replied ‘yes’ to the main question, but who replied in the followup question that they paid ‘no attention’ to articles, have still been coded 2. From the 1980 and 1984 studies, however, several respondents who answered ‘yes’ to the main question but who then volunteered in the followup that they read ‘no’ articles have been coded 1 rather than 2. The 1974 and 1978 follow-up questions have been disregarded. 1972 NOTE: Addition of ‘much’ to wording affected distributions significantly. 2008 NOTE: This question was administered to a random half sample of respondents using verion ‘OLD’; the remaining respondents were administered an alternative version (version ‘NEW’) which was specific to the Presidential campaign only. 2012 NOTE: Wording in 2012 was not comparable (‘campaign for President’)