Measuring News Interest Week of April 16
In other news this week, 28% of the public paid very close attention to the situation in Iraq, while 22% closely followed the debate in Washington about Iraq policy. Interest in the 2008 presidential campaign was unchanged from the previous week – 18% followed news about the candidates very closely, and another 28% followed campaign news fairly closely. Democrats continue to follow the campaign more closely than Republicans.
Measuring News Interest  | Week of April 16  | 45  | Virginia Tech  | 56  | 28  | Situation in Iraq  | 13  | 18  | US attorneys  | 4 22 4 21 4  | Iraq policy  | Abortion ruling  | 18  | 2008 Campaign  | 4  | Percent who followed this story very closely  | Percent who named story as their most closely followed 