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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, November 1, 2010

On the Run

A very brief article posted online this morning quickly stated what each candidate planned to do for the last couple days leading up to the election.

Democrat Mark Dayton hopped a plane for a flyaround to Duluth, Hibbing, Moorhead, Worthington and Rochester. He'll close out at a rally in St. Paul.
Republican nominee Tom Emmer is tooling around in his RV on a 19-city tour, including eight stops with departing Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
The Independence Party's Tom Horner split his team into three buses for events in all corners of the state. They'll converge for a Midway Stadium rally in St. Paul on Monday night.
 This article may be unnecessary but it does do two things. It informs people where the candidates plan to be in the next couple days and it shows that the candidates are doing anything and everything to get the most votes.


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