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| Meet the Press | Face the Nation | Mclaughlin Group | This Week | Total | |
| Issues June 1995 - June 1996 | |||||
| presidential elections | 25 | 23 | 18 | 23 | 89 |
| congressional warfare over balancing the budget | 21 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 66 |
| Colin Powell | 15 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 47 |
| Bosnia | 15 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 46 |
| welfare reform | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 |
| Whitewater and Travelgate | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| Newt Gingrich and his Contract with America | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| Bob Dole | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| shutting down the government | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| state of the Republican Party | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| Pat Buchanan | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| abortion | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
| Steve Forbes and his flat tax | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| O.J. Simpson | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| affirmative action | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| China | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Ross Perot | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| discrimination and racism | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| terrorism in Middle East, Israeli Politics, peace process | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| income tax reform | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| immigration | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| state of the Democratic Party | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Christian right | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| sex, violence, and politics in Hollywood | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| negative campaigning | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Louis Farrakhan and Million Man March | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Cuba and Castro | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Unabomber | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| third party | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Waco | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| number difference: OMB vs. CBO | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Bob Packwood: sex scandal | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| campaign finance reform, ban congressional gifts | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Women's Conference | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| military base closings | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Lamar Alexander | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Phil Gramm | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| minimum wage | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| FBI files | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Vietnam relations | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| same-sex marriages | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| tobacco regulation | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Iraq and Saddam Hussein | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| health care reform | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| capital gains tax cut | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bill Bradley | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| anti-terrorism bill | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| United Nations | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Prime Minister Rabin's death | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| congressional redistricting | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Jesse Jackson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| God and politics | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Russia and Yeltsin | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| NATO | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Japan (trade) | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| death penalty | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Freemen militias | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| GATT, NAFTA | 2 | 2 | |||
| law enforcement reform | 2 | 2 | |||
| education | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dick Morris | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| role of government | 2 | 2 | |||
| Assault Weapon Ban | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| ValueJet crash and plane safety regulations | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Nixon: movie, legacy and book | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| flag burning | 2 | 2 | |||
| telecommunications bill | 2 | 2 | |||
| Haiti | 2 | 2 | |||
| baseball (Ripken) | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Supreme Court | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Internet regulation | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ralph Nader: Green Party | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dr. Kevorkian and right to die | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jess Dubroff: flying girl | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Labor Union elections | 1 | 1 | |||
| Senator Luger | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rush Limbaugh | 1 | 1 | |||
| Vince Foster | 1 | 1 | |||
| State of the Union | 1 | 1 | |||
| Social Security | 1 | 1 | |||
| late husband's sperm | 1 | 1 | |||
| secret servicemen AIDS discrimination | 1 | 1 | |||
| International Space Station Alpha | 1 | 1 | |||
| legalizing prostitution | 1 | 1 | |||
| sexual harassment | 1 | 1 | |||
| daytime talk shows | 1 | 1 | |||
| book by "Anonymous" | 1 | 1 | |||
| domestic violence | 1 | 1 | |||
| Islamic political culture | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | |||
| Waldholz investigation | 1 | 1 | |||
| Japan rape case | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mayor Giuliani of New York City | 1 | 1 | |||
| media mergers: Westinghouse/CBS and Disney/ABC | 1 | 1 | |||
| Oklahoma bombing | 1 | 1 | |||
| football teams switching states | 1 | 1 | |||
| Pete Wilson | 1 | 1 | |||
| speed limit | 1 | 1 | |||
| weather | 1 | 1 | |||
| gas and gas tax | 1 | 1 | |||
| women in the military (citadel) | 1 | 1 | |||
| V-Chip | 1 | 1 | |||
| image v. substance (meta) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hiroshima | 1 | 1 | |||
| human rights | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bourda suicide | 1 | 1 | |||
| Livingston | 1 | 1 | |||
| Harold Bayer | 1 | 1 | |||
| fat hormone | 1 | 1 | |||
| guns | 1 | 1 | |||
| funding nuclear weapons | 1 | 1 | |||
| Georgia bombing | 1 | 1 | |||
| Saudi bombing | 1 | 1 | |||
| Olympics bombing | 1 | 1 | |||
| Magic Johnson with AIDS | 1 | 1 | |||
| Collins and lie detector | 1 | 1 | |||
| ChickenGate | 1 | 1 | |||
| family structure and "American Values" | 1 | 1 | |||
| TOTAL | 258 | 172 | 189 | 205 | 824 |
| anti-trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| corporate crime | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| corporate welfare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| environment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| consumer issues (bank and phone charges, HMO abuses, ...) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| military industrial complex | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| civil justice/tort reform | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| commercialism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| world bank/international monetary fund/foreign aid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| renewable energy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| union-busting/labor law reform/unions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| deregulation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| privatization | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| multinational capital flight | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |