These are the effects that a particular answer on a talk show has.

<R_CandidateMod PartyID="Right">5</R_CandidateMod>
This shifts the Candidates stance on the issue in question with the “Right Party”  +5.
So if the question was about tax cuts, and your stance was 5, it be raised to 10. In the eyes of the “Right”
This is done for all the partys, sepperatly because a answer can hurt you with some and help you with others.

<R_StateMod_Pos PartyID="Right">0</R_StateMod_Pos>
This is one of the most powerful numbers in the game, this is the about you actually change the parties stans on things, that is why
It is usually 0 or 1 or -1. So if you answer something so good that it actually convinces say, the democrats to support tax cuts, even a little you might get a

<R_StateMod_Imp PartyID="Right">0</R_StateMod_Imp>
This is the same as the Pos, but it effects the importance, to the selected party, the more important the issue, the more it effect there over all standing on it.