I don’t know, but media coverage is important both for its direct effects and because the media pays attention to other media coverage, so what’s said in interviews/etc affects other coverage. The general media sentiment of Carrick as the crypto PAC candidate mattered a lot, I think.
(Edit: also of course gaffes in interviews get picked up in media.)
What percentage of primary voters pay a lot of attention to interviews and stuff?
I don’t know, but media coverage is important both for its direct effects and because the media pays attention to other media coverage, so what’s said in interviews/etc affects other coverage. The general media sentiment of Carrick as the crypto PAC candidate mattered a lot, I think.
(Edit: also of course gaffes in interviews get picked up in media.)