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GameOver22 on 04 November 2012
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Kasz216 said:
GameOver22 said:
Kasz216 said:


I mean I know it's about average... however what i wonder is... was the horse race stuff the only modifier?  Or did it balance out because the race shifted.  If you get what i'm saying..

Do you mean there might have beeen other non-horse race coverage affecting the tone? .

Well what i mean is... I wonder if you adjusted for horse race coverage, if the numbers would be a "straight line".

Or when Obama was up if he received additional poisitive coverage that wasn't horse race related, and now after the first debate and things have shifted, did he receive additional negative coverage.  With the results between Obama and Romney balancing because of the debate change.

Oh, I could see that being the case although I would expect it to be more neutral than the horse-race coverage. While there is limited data, there does seem to be a clear difference between the horse-race and non horse-race coverage.  If I had to guess, I think it would be a straighter line with some fluctuation about the mean.