National (79/116) Form of Percentage of Percentage of News(TV) 68% 5 Social Media used Students Social Media to learn about the form of social users using (39/116) election media form of social News(TV) 34% media to learn about the (21/116) election 18% Facebook (59/115) 51% (59/68) 87% Twitter (13/115) 11% (11/68) 16% Responses:” candidate webpages, university, talking with (18/115) 16% (18/68) 26% family, friends who are government majors, blogs, YouTube (25/115) 22% (25/68) 37% youtube, debates, common(societal) beliefs” Texting (9/115) 8% (9/68) 13% None (47/115) 41% N/A you vote Paper GoogleDocs Total “Did in the 2012 questionnaire questionnaire percentages presidential election? Yes 35 32 67 74% No 7 16 23 26% Total 42 48 90 100% Table:7 % responding important % responding unimportant (3/4/5) (1/2) Importance of religion in 48% 52% life Table-8 Were you contacted by Voters that believed party % voters that believed party a political party? affiliation was important (3/4/5) affiliation was unimportant(1/2) Yes (17/67) 25% (10/67) 15%
National News(TV) (79/116) 68% News(TV) (39/116) 34% (21/116) 18% Responses:” candidate webpages, university, talking with family, friends who are government majors, blogs, youtube, debates, common(societal) beliefs” 5 Form of Social Media used to learn about the election Percentage of Students form of social media Percentage of Social Media users using form of social media to learn about the election Facebook (59/115) 51% (59/68) 87% Twitter (13/115) 11% (11/68) 16% (18/115) 16% (18/68) 26% YouTube (25/115) 22% (25/68) 37% Texting (9/115) 8% (9/68) 13% None (47/115) 41% N/A “Did you vote in the 2012 presidential election? Paper questionnaire GoogleDocs questionnaire Total percentages Yes 35 32 67 74% No 7 16 23 26% Total 42 48 90 100% Table:7 % responding important (3/4/5) % responding unimportant (1/2) Importance of religion in life 48% 52% Table-8 Were you contacted by a political party? Voters that believed party affiliation was important (3/4/5) % voters that believed party affiliation was unimportant(1/2) Yes (17/67) 25% (10/67) 15%
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