Via Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity:

New Polling: Poverty Too Little Discussed in ‘08, by Tom Freedman and John Bridgeland
Polling shows voters want to hear more about poverty from their leaders.

Earlier this year, we released a study that showed a dramatic increase in the number of news stories about poverty during this presidential election cycle. In that study, “Issue on the Rise: Media Coverage of Poverty in Politics,” we found a 145% increase in the number of times the media mentioned poverty in the context of stories about the primary campaigns. We speculated that the media was responding to frequent mentions of the issue by presidential candidates, an increase in interest in the issue by evangelicals, and an increasing desire by voters to see the problem of poverty addressed in America.

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