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Table 1: Effects on Learning at T1 and T2
T1
Correctly
identified
which
candidate
governor
Correctly
identified
which
candidate
senator
Correctly
identified
which
candidate
former POW
Correctly
identified
positions on
flat tax
Correctly
identified
positions on
soft money
ban
Correctly
identified
positions on
gun show
checks
Age .028***
(.003)
.022***
(.003)
.024***
(.003)
.003
(.002)
.003
(.002)
-.007***
(.002)
Education .207***
(.027)
.169***
(.021)
.161***
(.023)
.072***
(.019)
.090***
(.019)
-.005
(.017)
Income .224***
(.029)
.199***
(.024)
.232***
(.025)
.090***
(.021)
.129***
(.021)
.023
(.020)
Republican .379***
(.126)
.338***
(.099)
.353***
(.106)
.152*
(.083)
.091
(.086)
-.105
(.078)
Very
Interested in
Campaign
.912***
(.170)
1.225***
(.137)
1.254***
(.152)
.298***
(.092)
1.238***
(.110)
.388***
(.088)
Weeks
before
primary
-.023
(.034)
-.051
(.034)
-.144***
(.037)
.207***
(.030)
-.161***
(.030)
-.080***
(.028)
Ads .002***
(.001)
.001(*)
(.001)
.004***
(.001)
.000
(.000)
.000
(.000)
.000
(.000)
News .005
(.020)
.011
(.019)
-.016
(.020)
-.107***
(.025)
-.000
(.025)
.021
(.023)
Constant -1.859***
(.429)
-2.015***
(.415
-1.202
(.445)
-1.544***
(.408)
-.139
(.409)
.544
(.384)
Log
Likelihood
-1249.982 -1698.404 -1549.495 -2056.702 -2001.502 -2260.796
N
3333 3333 3333 3333 3333 3333
T2
Age .021***
(.004)
.026***
(.003)
.022***
(.004)
-.003
(.002)
-.005*
(.003)
-.012***
(.002)
Education .231***
(.030)
.231***
(.025)
.252***
(.029)
-.030(*)
(.018)
.110***
(.022)
.016
(.018)
Income .240***
(.032)
.215***
(.027)
.220***
(.030)
.098***
(.021)
.155***
(.024)
.026
(.021)
Republican .402***
(.145)
.311***
(.114)
.564***
(.141)
-.028
(.081)
.167*
(.101)
-.015
(.082)
Very
Interested in
Campaign
1.025***
(.205)
1.158***
(.163)
1.175***
(.201)
-.096
(.092)
1.304***
(.145)
.259***
(.093)
Weeks after
primary
-.014
(.109)
-.215***
(.079)
-.091
(.089)
-.188***
(.074)
-.111
(.084)
-.015
(.074)
Ads .000
(.004)
-.003
(.004)
.002
(.004)
.000
(.001)
.001
(.002)
-.001
(.001)
News .013
(.031)
-.034
(.022)
.004
(.025)
-.041***
(.014)
-.007
(.016)
-.003
(.014)
Constant -1.435***
(.257)
-2.071***
(.209)
-1.739***
(.231)
-.607***
(.175)
-.145
(.199)
.999***
(.176)
Log
Likelihood
-1058.877 -1422.552 -1146.425 -2149.711 -1657.674 -2145.406
N
3382 3382 3382 3382 3382 3382