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Friday
- October 13, 2000
90% of Web Users Plan to Vote in This Year's
Elections
Media Metrix, a Jupiter Media Metrix company, a pioneer
in Internet and Digital Media measurement worldwide, has
announced that 88 percent of Web users 18 and older plan
to vote in this year's elections, compared to 55.7 percent
who reported voting in federal, state or local elections
in 1999. In addition, 41.4 percent of men online are registered
Republicans, and men constitute the majority of visitors
to political-party, candidate and political-news sites.
With its second installment of its Election
2000 series Media Metrix details Web-user profiles and online
behavior according to political affiliation. The company
also reveals key demographic characteristics – including
gender and household income – of visitors to political-party,
candidate and political-news sites.
Highlights include:
*Americans age 50 and older represent the most
politically-inclined group online, with 96.1 percent planning
to vote this year, compared to 75.6 percent last year.
*While candidate sites Georgewbush.com and
Algore2000.com draw a nearly equal percentage of their traffic
from persons with household incomes of less than $25,000
and more than $100,000, Algore2000.com draws a higher percentage
of Web users with a household income between $25,000 and
$59,999 (42.2 percent for Algore2000.com versus 34.9 percent
for Georgewbush.com). Meanwhile, Georgewush.com draws a higher
percentage of Web users with a household income between $60,000
and $99,999 (37.0 percent for Georgewbush.com compared to
29.4 percent for Algore2000.com).
*Low levels of cross-visitation between the
two candidate sites suggest visitors to Georgewbush.com or
Algore2000.com are strongly partisan in their surfing habits.
While Georgewbush.com and Algore2000.com had 467,000 and
350,000 unique visitors in August 2000, respectively, only
60,000 different people visited both sites over the same
monthly period.
Law Enforcement Moves Online
According to the LA Times:
"Florida has launched an online law enforcement
records system that will allow people to check to see if
the goods they want to buy are stolen or if someone they
know is wanted.
The new Florida Department of Law Enforcement
site allows people to enter identification numbers for items
ranging from household appliances to vehicles and license
plates to see if they've been reported stolen.
If an item is in the database, people can click
on it and e-mail a tip to police. An arrest can earn a tipper
up to a $1,000 reward.
An addition to the Internet site in December
will let the public check if someone they know is reported
missing or wanted by authorities..."
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