Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 16, 2018
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August 16, 2018: Four tech products are in at least 70% of U.S. Households—televisions (96%), smartphones (87%), laptops (72%), and wireless routers (71%).[1]
Six others are in more than half of the nation’s households—DVD/Blu-ray Player (66%), Tablet (64%), Printer (61%), Headphones (58%), Wired Earbuds (57%), and Digital Cameras (55%).

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- August 15, 2018 – 38 States allow citizens who have never resided in the United States to vote
- August 14, 2018 – 24 percent of small business owners cite government policies as biggest challenge
- August 13, 2018 – 6 vinyl records sold for six figures each
- August 10, 2018 – 4 House races have no Democrat on the ballot
- August 9, 2018 – 82 percent of prime-working-age Americans are in the workforce
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