Introduction

The Election Issue Tracker monitors the resonance of party platform issues across leading print newspapers.

The purpose of the Issue Tracker is to chart the changing newspaper attention to political party issues over time. Issues are taken directly from political party platforms.

De Volkskrant, NRC Handelsblad and de Telegraaf are queried daily for the number of times each party's issues are mentioned.

The Issue Tracker counts articles. For example, if the issue appears three times in one article, the Issue Tracker counts it as one mentioning.

Read more: De Verkiezingskwestiesvolger Concept piece: govcom.org/non_issues

Requirements:

Viewing the Issue tracker requires Flash Player 6.

The Issue Tracker is processor-intensive. A fast machine is recommended.

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History:

Past states of the Issue tracker

» 22 January 2003 (Election day)
» 28 June 2002
» 15 May 2002 (Election day)

Thanks to Infodrome for supporting the work, to Anderemedia.nl for making the designs and Recognos.ro for programming the piece. Thanks to United Knowledge and Politiek Digitaal for hosting. Thanks, too, to Steffie Verstappen and Jorie Horsthuis for data collection.

© 2001-2003 Richard Rogers
Govcom.org Foundation, Amsterdam.