Pathways-Nov19-ATP-W57.zip

Project focus: Dataset is limited to the Pathways to Election News Project.

Coded open-ended responses:

Question MAINSOPOL_OE_W57 coded after collection; only the first source listed was used.

Non-substantive responses were coded as refusals.

Created variables:

CR_SOURCESUM_[Source] & CR_AGGSUM – 39 summary variables combining trust, distrust, and exposure measures.

CR_MAINSOPOL_GROUPS – Categorizes main political news sources (ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, NBC, NPR, social media, NYT).

CR_PARTYNEWSUSE – Classifies respondents’ media use by partisan leanings.

CR_NEWS_INFLU – Distinguishes between election news influencers, bystanders, and disengaged.

CR_DIG_SAV – Groups respondents by digital engagement (savvy, dabblers, disengaged).

CR_PARTYSUMIDEO – Combines ideology and party affiliation into four categories (e.g., Conservative Rep/Lean, Liberal Dem/Lean).

Weights: Use WEIGHT_W57 for analysis; all Pew reports rely on this weight.