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Table 20

Published: August 03, 1999
Last Updated: January 03, 2000
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Table 20
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
(All percentages read vertically) Total market Media blame justified Media easy target Media biased Agree Media biased Disagree
Base (% of market): 100% 58% 29% 78% 17%
Men 48 49 48 50 43
Women 52 51 52 50 57
Age 18-34 32 31 37 32 30
35-44 22 23 20 23 18
45-54 17 18 14 17 17
55 and over 29 28 29 28 35
Median age 42 43 41 42 46
Some high school or less 8 7 9 6 11
High school graduate 31 29 32 30 36
Some college/trade school 27 28 27 28 25
College graduate or more 34 36 32 36 28
White-collar (prof/mgrl/tech/sales) 40 44 38 43 35
Blue-collar/Service worker 24 25 24 23 21
Retired/other unemployed 36 33 38 34 44
Democrat 35 34 39 34 40
Independent 26 25 27 26 27
Republican 31 32 28 32 27
No party affiliation 8 9 6 8 6
White 84 86 80 85 82
African-American 9 9 10 9 7
Hispanic 4 3 7 3 7
Other 3 2 3 3 4
HH income <$25,000 19 18 21 18 21
$25,000-$49,999 35 34 36 34 37
$50,000-$74,999 25 26 24 25 25
$75,000 or more 21 22 19 23 17
Median income $47.3k $49.0k $44.9k $48.8k $44.6k

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