Task: Determine the valence intensity of the snippet, indicating a degree of positivity or negativity on a scale from 0 (strongly negative) to 1 (strongly positive), reflecting the emotional content expressed.
Snippet: His show was at its hottest during the 1988 campaign, when the country was in a mild fever over matters like no-new-taxes, the Pledge of Allegiance and Willie Horton.
Intensity score: 