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According to Peverill Squire and Christina Fastnow, "voters tend to learn about office-holders from the media...newspapers are the major source of news about state politics. "

The purpose of this blog is to present my analyses of Star Tribune's news coverage of the governor's race. I will be reading literature on the news coverage of gubernatorial candidates and elections and applying that reading to the articles within the Star Tribune in order to analyze. I will be analyzing the content, location, tone, length, sources, and all other aspects of the articles.

Monday, September 27, 2010

More Horserace Coverage

The horserace coverage continues with today's article titled "Voters opt for taxing top earners." The Article highlighted another Minnesota Poll on the governor's race. The article once again shows how DFL candidate Mark Dayton will most likely have the majority of the vote.
"DFL governor candidate Mark Dayton's proposal to reduce the state's deficit by taxing the wealthy has wide support among likely voters this fall- far ahead of the two other candidates' budget plans, according to a Star Tribune Minnesota Poll."
The issue of the state deficit is on the top of many voters lists of concerns for the next governor. This article about the poll results showing support of each candidate's proposals to reduce the state's deficit is very critical to the election.

Voters will definitely see the article with the poll results on the front page of the Star Tribune today. It has already caught a lot of attention online, with over 500 comments already posted on the article.

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