Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of both waves.

Characteristic	Raw N Wave 1 (N = 1050)	Weighted % of Sample Wave 1	Raw N Wave 2 (N = 840)	Weighted % of Sample Wave 2	p for Difference in Raw Ns
Gender
Male	486	45.6	401	44.3	.54
Female	558	54.4	435	55.4
Age
18–29	131	20.7	104	20.5	.97
30–44	313	24.1	245	23.9
45–59	249	25.2	197	24.9
60+	357	30.0	294	30.7
Race/Ethnicity
White	807	73.0	655	74.2	.66
Black	121	13.9	96	12.8
Hispanic	136	14.8	97	15.2
Education
High school or less	216	32.6	168	32.6	.78
Some College	625	47.8	514	48.3
Post-Graduate	206	19.6	157	30.1
Income
<$30K	244	26.4	198	26.8	.84
$30 to $85	460	41.9	357	40.9
$85 to >$200K	346	31.7	285	32.3
Political ideology
Conservative	289	29.6	238	29.6	.85
Neither	435	41.4	340	40.3
Liberal	304	28.9	251	30.1
News Source
Mainstream TV
None	141	14.0	110	13.4	.98
Some	472	43.1	378	44.1
A lot	423	41.7	340	42.5
Mainstream print
None	321	32.8	254	34.0	.98
Some	471	44.9	380	44.8
A lot	242	20.8	194	21.2
Social
None	338	31.5	279	32.6	.80
Some	502	47.7	404	47.8
A lot	199	19.7	150	19.6
Aggregators
None	267	25.1	210	25.2	.97
Some	557	54.0	447	53.7
A lot	217	19.9	176	21.1
Conservative
None	535	48.9	437	50.6	.92
Some	334	31.4	262	31.1
A lot	166	18.0	131	18.3
Liberal
None	447	42.9	351	43.2	.92
Some	457	44.6	372	45.7
A lot	132	11.1	108	11.1

Note. Differences in raw distributions were determined using χ²-Square tests.