This study attempts to explicate empirically the concept of voter volatility and to test the assertion that the use of television for political news contributes to this electoral instability. Voter volatility is defined as the level of unpredictability of election outcomes from traditional demographic and political party variables. The effects of television and newspaper exposure on each of seven volatility dimensions were examined before and after the introduction of two control variables: education and political interest. Neither the media exposure measures nor the control variables predicted to all volatility dimensions in a uniform way. Contrary to expectations, the dominant direction of television exposure's relationships was toward lower levels of volatility. While newspaper use effects were largely in the expected direction of lower volatility, reversals were shown here as well. Education and political interest, traditionally thought to be stabilizing electoral forces, also revealed positive as well as negative relationships to various volatility factors.