{"id":89172,"date":"2012-05-07T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2012\/05\/07\/pejselectionanalysis\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:15:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:15:59","slug":"pejselectionanalysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2012\/05\/07\/pejselectionanalysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Gingrich Bows Out as the General Election Battle Takes Shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"906105f3f91732a6eb110af2ae103de8\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00a0\u00a0\n<figure><a href=\"\/commentary_backgrounder\/PEJ%27s+Election+Analysis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/legacy\/u29\/PEJ_ElectionWebBanner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"286\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/h1>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong style=\"font-size: 12px;font-weight: normal\">PEJ&#8217;s weekly\u00a0examination of the coverage and conversation about the presidential race.\n<a style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 10px;font-weight: bold\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2012\/04\/23\/romney-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About\u00a0Campaign 2012 in the Media<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"may-7-update\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style: normal;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;color: #902d1f;font-size: 10pt;font-weight: normal\">May 7 update<\/h2>\n\n<p>[if gte mso 9]<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newt Gingrich&#8217;s official exit from the presidential race on May 2 was greeted with the kind of coverage he experienced throughout the 2012 primary season-a sharply negative narrative. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2012\/04\/23\/romney-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"special-features\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style: normal;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;color: #902d1f;font-size: 10pt;font-weight: normal\">Special Features<\/h2>\n\n<h2 id=\"93d3aa94f473eb74ae2558f3e2647c5a\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style: normal;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;color: #902d1f;font-size: 12pt;font-weight: normal\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/features.www.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/campaign-2012-in-the-media\/tone-of-news-coverage\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/legacy\/u29\/Tone-of-news-coverage_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/features.www.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/campaign-2012-in-the-media\/volume-of-news-coverage\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/legacy\/u29\/Volume-of-news-coverage_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/figure>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/figure>\n\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/features.www.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/campaign-2012-in-the-media\/tone-on-twitter\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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