Presidential debates and change in students' attitude.
The effects of debates on influencing potential voters' attitudes were assessed in a group of 45 undergraduates who watched the third presidential debate of election year 2000 between candidates Bush and Gore. A repeated measures t test indicated a significant change in immediate ratings of attitude from pretest to posttest, with Gore being rated higher at posttest.
McIntosh
Everton G
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Department of Psychology and Counseling, Alabama A&M University, Normal 35762, USA.
D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States