Interest in the conventions this year: The Pew Research Center.
by Mark Silva
DENVER - Interested in the convention?
Public interest in the upcoming Democratic National Convention apparently is higher this year than it has been during the past couple of conventions.
Fully 59 percent of Americans surveyed tell the Pew Research Center that they are interested in following what happens at the Democratic convention starting here Monday.
That's up from 36 percent at this time in 2004.
Roughly half of the public (48 percent) voices interest in following the Republican National Committee that follows the next week, Pew has found. "This is comparable to interest in the 2004 GOP convention,'' Pew reports, "but significantly higher than 2000, when the party first selected George W. Bush as its nominee.''
Democrats are particularly enthusiastic: 79 percent say they are interested in following the convention.
Republicans are "less intensely interested than Democrats in their party's convention,'' Pew reports. "Seven-in-ten Republicans are interested in following what happens'' in St. Paul, with a smaller percentage saying they expect to follow a lot of what goes on there.
See the full report on convention fever at Pew.
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