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Slightly more (43%) Americans felt that the amount of coverage was \u201cjust right,\u201d and 11% said there was \u201ctoo little\u201dcoverage.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three-in-ten (30%) Americans reported having followed the results of the 2008 Iowa caucuses . Television was far and away the public\u2019s main source of caucus night coverage, as a quarter of the public (26%) turned to television for news about the election returns. 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