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Indeed, Mark C. Halperin '87, political director for ABC News, said his media outlet has stepped up its election coverage in anticipation of the Jan. 24 Iowa caucus and the Feb. 1 New Hampshire primary.
"The pace of how much [political] coverage on our broadcast is up, and we will continue to ratchet it up in the days before the two key contests," Halperin added.
The proportion of people who said they had thought about the campaign sometime "during the past day" also more than tripled, from 11 percent to 34 percent.
Still, while those surveyed said they had received increased exposure to the presidential races, nearly 70 percent said they continued to view the campaign as "boring," and only 9 percent of those polled felt it had been "exciting."
"These numbers reflect the ability of the media to get the voters' attention," said Thomas E. Patterson, coordinator of the Shorenstein Center poll and Bradlee professor of government and the press at the Kennedy School of Government.