Campaign Coverage Dominates News

According to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism News Coverage Index, in the final week of a campaign, the presidential election utterly dominated the news agenda. Campaign and election related themes combined to make up more than two-thirds (69%) of the newshole studied. Combined, that would make election and its aftermath the largest single event in the 22 months since the Index began. When you add in the additional stories connected to the Nov. 4 voting—including the U.S. House and Senate races and ballot questions—that number swells to almost 80%.