Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 7, 2018
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August 7, 2018: “American adults spend over 11 hours per day listening to, watching, reading or generally interacting with media.”[1]
According to the latest Nielsen Total Audience Report, there are big generational differences in the composition of Americans' media interaction. Watching television accounts for 60% of media time for those over 65. However, adults under 35 spend only 26% of their media time watching television. They spend 29% of their media time on smartphone apps.
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- August 6, 2018 – 30.43 billion dollars spent on drunk shopping
- August 3, 2018 – 6 Democratic Senate seats at risk in midterm elections
- August 2, 2018 – 13 Republican governorships at risk in midterm elections
- August 1, 2018 – 34 Republican seats in Congress at high risk in November
- July 31, 2018 – 16 percent of American adults smoke cigarettes
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