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Not just 'entertainment': Soft news coverage really affects voters' choices
10-31-2006 · EurekAlert!A new UCLA study of voter preferences and voting patterns during the 2000 presidential election shows that politically inattentive voters who watched daytime talk shows were nearly 25 percent more likley to vote according to their own values and preferences than their counterparts who did not watch daytime television.
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