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At 4:51 PM -0600 11/7/96, Jeff Greene wrote:


> Did anyone note AllPOlitics' wrap-up of the exit polls? I thought I read
> that 25 % of the electorate "uses the Internet regularly." I'm not one to
> trust polls religiously, but that sounds like a lot of Americans to me.


I noted this (excerpt) from the Wash Post; it suggests that of those who
*voted,* more than a quarter are regular Net users. That's different than
saying 25% of those qualified to vote are bona fide netizens:


http://wp1.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/displaySearch?WAPO+35407+%28Internet%29%3A
description%26and%2619961104%3Cevent%5Fdate


> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>                   1996 Voters At a Glance
>
>                   By The Associated Press
>                   Wednesday, November 6, 1996 3:36 am EST
>
>                   A snapshot of voters in the 1996 presidential
>                   election. The Voter News Service survey of 16,338
>                   participants had a three percentage point margin of
>                   error. VNS is a collaboration of The Associated
>                   Press and the ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and FOX television
>                   networks.


Among the stats cited was this:


> --INTERNET SURFERS: About 26 percent said they use
>                   the Internet regularly.

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