1 in 5 Americans Are "Internet Innocents" - CIO
Who are these Internet holdouts? According to Pew, they’re senior citizens, Spanish speakers, adults with less than a high school education, and folks in households with annual incomes of less than $30,000.
Of the adults who don’t use the Internet, almost half of them said the Net is irrelevant to them, finds the survey, which is based on interviews with more than 2200 adults 18 years old and older.
Most non-users have never used the Net before and don’t have anybody in their household who uses it either, Pew’s researchers discovered.
About 20 percent of Internet innocents say they don’t know enough about technology to use the Net, surveyors find; and about one in ten non-users say they won’t be interested in using the Internet or e-mail in the future.
“In every region of the country and among both sexes and all age groups the freezer was the top hiding place.”
Pew Research: 55% of the public unaware of Etch A Sketch gaffe
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A growing number of Americans are uneasy with the amount of religious talk they’re hearing from politicians, according to a new poll released by the Pew Research Center yesterday.
Thirty-eight percent of respondents said that there has been too much expression of religious faith and prayer from political leaders — the highest number since Pew began asking the question in 2001. Thirty percent of respondents said there is too little.
The numbers have nearly reversed since Pew last asked the question two years ago, when 37 percent said there was too little religious expression by politicians, while 29 percent said there was too much.
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Mitt Romney leads President Obama by four percentage points in Gallup’s latest national head-to-head polling.
If the election were held today, 50 percent said they would support Romney versus 46 percent who would support Obama, according to Gallup. The president holds the edge on former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, 49 percent to 48.
The poll has a 4 percent margin of error, so the results mean Obama is statistically tied with both candidates.
”43% Say Random Choices From Phone Book Better Than Current Congress
With positive ratings for Congress at an all-time low, it may come as no surprise that a plurality of voters nationwide believes a group of people randomly selected from a telephone book would do a better job than the current legislators.
h/t @ThinkProgress
56% of registered voters said they'd vote yes if their ballot included the option to replace every member of Congress. - WSJ
@ppppolls: Real Time with Bill Maher has posted results of a national GOP poll we conducted for them last weekend.
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68% of Republicans pick Fox News as most trusted source, nothing else even hits double digits
“We find Colbert getting 13% in a hypothetical third party run for President, compared to 41% for Obama and 38% for Romney. A Colbert bid could be a blessing in disguise for the GOP. His voters go for Obama over Romney 52-38 in a straight head to head, so his presence as a potential candidate works to the Republicans’ advantage.”
Public Policy Poll: Perry support plummeting in Texas - The Hill
Mitt Romney leads in Texas at 24 percent, followed by Newt Gingrich at 23 percent, Perry at 18 percent, Rick Santorum at 15 percent, and Ron Paul at 12 percent.
