Table 2: Question % responding important (3/4/5) % responding unimportant (1/2) What importance does religion have in your life? (80/115) 70% (35/115) 30% What importance did religion have in your decision to vote? (16/115) 14% (100/115) 86% 3“How frequently did you use media to learn about the election?” Daily (41/115) 36% Weekly (51/115) 44% Monthly (10/115) 9% Yearly (3/115) 3% Never (5/115) 4% No Response (6/115) 5% Table 4 What forms of media did you use? Internet Newspapers (44/116) 40% Paper Newspapers (61/116) 53%
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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