Results for the survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 8,378 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period October 10 - November 26, 2000.
For results based on the total sample during October 10 - November 19 (N=7,426), one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling and other random effects is plus or minus 1.5 percentage points. For results based on online users (N=4,186) during this period, the sampling error is plus or minus 2 percentage points. For results based on election news consumers (N=1,435) during this period, the sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
For results based on online users (N=2,876) during the period of October 10 - November 9, the sampling error is plus or minus 2 percentage points. For results based on election news consumers (N=841) during this period, the sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
For results based on all adults (N=3,234) during the period November 10-26, the sampling error is plus or minus 2 percentage points.
ONLINE FOR ELECTION NEWS BY DEMOGRAPHICS
(Based on General Public)
|
1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
(N) |
|
% |
% |
% |
|
| Total |
4 |
6 |
18 |
-7426 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
| Male |
5 |
9 |
21 |
-3629 |
| Female |
2 |
3 |
15 |
-3797 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Age |
|
|
|
|
| Under 30 |
5 |
8 |
25 |
-1540 |
| 30-49 |
5 |
8 |
22 |
-2985 |
| 50-64 |
2 |
4 |
15 |
-1446 |
| 65+ |
* |
2 |
3 |
-1272 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Sex and Age |
|
|
|
| Men under 50 |
7 |
10 |
25 |
-2359 |
| Women under 50 |
4 |
4 |
20 |
-2166 |
| Men 50+ |
2 |
4 |
13 |
-1207 |
| Women 50+ |
2 |
2 |
7 |
-1511 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Race |
|
|
|
|
| White |
4 |
7 |
19 |
-5953 |
| Black |
3 |
2 |
12 |
-807 |
| Hispanic* |
n/a |
6 |
16 |
-499 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Education |
|
|
|
| College Grad. |
9 |
12 |
33 |
-2281 |
| Some College |
4 |
9 |
24 |
-1821 |
| High School Grad. |
2 |
2 |
10 |
-2523 |
| <H.S. Grad. |
1 |
0 |
4 |
-710 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Region |
|
|
|
|
| East |
4 |
7 |
18 |
-1367 |
| Midwest |
4 |
6 |
16 |
-1810 |
| South |
4 |
4 |
16 |
-2830 |
| West |
5 |
9 |
23 |
-1419 |
* The designation Hispanic is unrelated to the white-black categorization.
Reading this Table
: This table shows the percentage of each demographic group that goes online for election news. For example, the first column shows that 4% of the general public went online for election news in 1996, 5% of men went online for election news, while 2% women went online for election news.
Question: Do/Did you ever go online to get news or information about the 2000 elections?
|
1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
(N) |
|
% |
% |
% |
|
| Total |
4 |
6 |
18 |
-7426 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Family Income |
|
|
|
| $75,000+ |
7 |
12 |
34 |
-1173 |
| $50,000-$74,999 |
6 |
13 |
27 |
-1014 |
| $30,000-$49,999 |
5 |
7 |
20 |
-1534 |
| $20,000-$29,999 |
2 |
6 |
12 |
-888 |
| <$20,000 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
-1067 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Party ID |
|
|
|
|
| Republican |
4 |
10 |
23 |
-2097 |
| Democrat |
4 |
4 |
16 |
-2443 |
| Independent |
4 |
3 |
18 |
-1969 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Party and Ideology |
|
|
|
| Conservative Republican |
n/a |
n/a |
26 |
-1277 |
| Moderate/Liberal Republican |
n/a |
n/a |
20 |
-726 |
| Conservative/Moderate Democrat |
n/a |
n/a |
14 |
-1571 |
| Liberal Democrat |
n/a |
n/a |
25 |
-703 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Marital Status |
|
|
|
| Married |
4 |
6 |
19 |
-4133 |
| Not Married |
4 |
7 |
16 |
-3208 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Parental Status |
|
|
|
| Parent |
n/a |
6 |
21 |
-2651 |
| Non-Parent |
n/a |
6 |
16 |
-4746 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Employment Status |
|
|
|
| Full-time |
n/a |
n/a |
23 |
-4038 |
| Part-time |
n/a |
n/a |
20 |
-841 |
| Retired |
n/a |
n/a |
5 |
-1455 |
| Not-employed |
n/a |
n/a |
15 |
-786 |
| Disabled |
n/a |
n/a |
5 |
-127 |
| Student (working and non-working) |
n/a |
n/a |
34 |
-1040 |