Aaron Kay and His Colleagues Gave Different Articles, Before the 2000

question 24

Multiple Choice

Aaron Kay and his colleagues gave different articles, before the 2000 U.S. presidential election, to people showing in one set that Al Gore was most likely to win and in another set that George W. Bush was most likely to win. The subjects rated:

• A) the candidates most desirable if the article depicted his as most likely to be president.
• B) the candidates the same as before receiving the article information.
• C) Bush higher if they were Republicans and Gore higher if they were Democrats.
• D) the race as too close to call and would look to Florida to decide it.

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