Furthermore, when 62 percent of the actual voters picked Republican President Nixon in 1972, 81 percent of the media elite still voted for the Democratic presidential candidate. .
In 1976, only 19 percent of the journalists surveyed voted for Republican President Gerald Ford.
Throughout this sixteen-year period of time, the percentage of votes for a Republican candidate never exceeded 20 %, which, of course, is not representative of what really happened. .
2. White House Reporters.
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Once again, the imbalance is outstanding. In 1976, eleven of the reporters surveyed voted for Democrat Carter, while only two voted for Republican Ford. In 1980, eight voted for Carter, two for Reagan. In 1984, ten voted for Democrat Mondale, none for Reagan. In 1988, twelve selected Democrat Michael Dukakis, one Bush and, in 1992, nine of them chose Democrat Bill Clinton, while two voted for Republican George Bush. It is important to notice that there are few changes over time. Whatever candidate was elected does not really matter. What is important is that over this sixteen-year period, Democrats always got the huge majority of votes among White House reporters.
3. Washington-based journalists.
In 1996, Washington-based correspondents were polled about the 1992 Presidential Elections and the result turned out to be quite astonishing. Out of 140 journalists, 126 voted for Democrat presidential candidate Bill Clinton with only about 7 percent voting for Republican George Bush and about one percent for Independent Ross Perot.
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II. The Media's political association .
In 1992, 44% of journalists acknowledged themselves as Democrats, with a mere 16 percent recognizing themselves as Republican. Thus, journalists are 5 to 10 percent more expected to be Democrats than the population and 10 to 15 points less expected to be Republicans. .
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Besides, the ASNE polled 1,037 reporters at as many as 61 different newspapers in 1996, asking what their political leanings were.
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