Replication data for: Reexaminng the Media's Role in Forming Voters' National Economic Evaluations in 1992 Using the Sample Error Correction Method

Using an early release of the National Election Study (NES) data for 1992, Hetherington concluded that, in the 1992 election (although not in other years), negative media coverage of economic conditions created pessimistic perceptions of the economy among voters.

As a result, voters formed negative retrospective evaluations of the Bush presidency that ultimately led to the defeat of George Bush. If this media effect is robust, then the effect should be present in a replication using the complete 1992 NES data set. Further, this finding should also withstand an extension using the sample error correction mechanism that applies a distinctive weight to adjust the standard errors for the peculiarities of the sampling procedure used by the NES.