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Category: Election Tracker

What issues are 2020 candidates being mentioned with in the media?

Health care is a top concern among voters. That’s according to a recent poll of 2,000 Americans where respondents across age, gender and party lines ranked health care as the […]

May 21, 2019July 11, 2019 Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker

Facebook political ads reveal an early but limited look at the Democratic playbook

In the first three days since launching his 2020 run for president last week, Joe Biden spent more than $400,000 on Facebook ads. His fellow candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie […]

May 2, 2019July 11, 2019 Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker

We need deeper reporting and not just horserace coverage of Pete Buttigieg

The media loves a rising star and Pete Buttigieg is no exception. But is “Mayor Pete” just a flash in the pan? Time will tell, as Margaret Sullivan pointed out […]

April 22, 2019July 11, 2019 Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker

How are Iowa and New Hampshire outlets covering 2020?

Less obsession with Trump. Less scandal coverage. More focus on policy specifics. Deeper coverage of underdog candidates. Those are the main trends that we noticed after analyzing over 50 articles […]

April 8, 2019April 10, 2019 Alexander Frandsen and Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker

Illuminating the road to 2020 through media coverage, candidate tweets and Google searches

April 1, 2019April 10, 2019 Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker, Research

Women on the 2020 campaign trail are being treated more negatively by the media

Update, April 24, 2019: This project is ongoing, and we are adding more data to the original analysis as we go. See new analysis of the full text of 1,397 […]

March 29, 2019April 24, 2019 Alexander Frandsen and Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker, Research

Sexism through sentiment analysis: Looking at the media’s coverage of 2020 candidates

The 2020 election cycle has firmly begun. With Bernie Sanders throwing his hat into the ring last week, the Democrats now find themselves with a large (and likely still growing) […]

February 28, 2019April 10, 2019 Alexander Frandsen and Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker, Research

Horserace or issues? Tracking the media’s coverage of the 2020 election

It is quickly becoming impossible to ignore the 2020 presidential buzz. President Trump, of course, will likely be the Republican nominee barring some unlikely development. But on the Democratic side […]

February 13, 2019April 10, 2019 Alexander Frandsen and Aleszu Bajak Election Tracker, Research

Six ways media outlets are tracking presidential candidates for 2020

If you’re still reeling from the round-the-clock coverage of the 2016 presidential election, we have some bad news: It’s starting all over again. With the midterms past us, the stage […]

January 22, 2019April 10, 2019 Alexander Frandsen Election Tracker, Roundups

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