How often do you see articles from the Associated Press which talk about tax inequalities from the ‘other’ direction… namely the number of people who don’t pay any income taxes. In fact, you may be surprised to find out that nearly half of American households don’t have to pay a single cent in Federal Income taxes. A full 47% of households will pay no 2009 income tax.
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Which Political Demographics Watch Which Sports?
On April - 3 - 2010
From the offbeat category comes this awesome data set found through the National Journal. Scarborough USA, a joint undertaking of market research companies Nielsen and Arbitron surveyed 218,000 people between August 2008 and September 2009 to try to figure out the political leanings of sports viewers. Surveyors tried to figure out both how viewers self-identified politically, and also their likelihood to vote. This data has been published, and here is is (on ManyEyes!) for you to play with!
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