The methodology began with a Pew Research survey conducted between August and September 2024, which identified the top ten issues for voters in the upcoming presidential election. These issues—Immigration, Economy, Racial Inequality, Crime, Supreme Court Appointments, Climate Change, Abortion, Healthcare, Gun Policy, and Foreign Policy—were then analyzed using the GDELT TV Explorer. A tool that collects and summarizes the frequency of specific terms in broadcast television news coverage, drawing on data from the Internet Archive’s Television News Archive, powered by the TV 2.0 API.