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Survey of 1,000 Adults

Conducted  December 2-3, 2006

Daily Snapshot

December 2 - 3  Have you started your holiday gift shopping yet?                                            
Gender 3 Party < 40 > Investors Marital Status Race Age Income
▼ Response ▼ TOTAL Men Women GOP Dem Other < Men Men 40+ < Wom  Wom 40+ Inv Non Married Not married White Black Other 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-64 65+ < 20k 20k-40k 40-60k 60k-75k 75k-100k 100k>
Yes 54% 49% 58% 67% 41% 55% 36% 52% 51% 59% 69% 39% 64% 39% 61% 23% 43% 44% 64% 58% 55% 46% 30% 47% 59% 70% 74% 68%
No 43% 47% 38% 30% 54% 41% 61% 44% 44% 37% 29% 56% 34% 55% 37% 67% 53% 52% 34% 40% 41% 46% 63% 46% 41% 28% 25% 31%
                                                         
December 2 - 3  Have you finished your holiday gift shopping yet?                                            
Gender 3 Party < 40 > Investors Marital Status Race Age Income
▼ Response ▼ TOTAL Men Women GOP Dem Other < Men Men 40+ < Wom  Wom 40+ Inv Non Married Not married White Black Other 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-64 65+ < 20k 20k-40k 40-60k 60k-75k 75k-100k 100k>
Yes 12% 12% 12% 17% 7% 13% 9% 13% 11% 12% 14% 10% 12% 12% 13% 9% 11% 10% 11% 8% 13% 18% 11% 17% 13% 9% 9% 11%
No 84% 83% 85% 80% 88% 84% 86% 82% 89% 84% 84% 84% 85% 83% 85% 84% 81% 88% 89% 88% 82% 73% 85% 80% 86% 85% 90% 89%
                                                         
December 2 - 3  This holiday season, will you spend more or less on gifts than you did last year?                                        
Gender 3 Party < 40 > Investors Marital Status Race Age Income
▼ Response ▼ TOTAL Men Women GOP Dem Other < Men Men 40+ < Wom  Wom 40+ Inv Non Married Not married White Black Other 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-64 65+ < 20k 20k-40k 40-60k 60k-75k 75k-100k 100k>
More 20% 24% 17% 28% 14% 19% 28% 23% 26% 15% 23% 18% 23% 16% 21% 15% 22% 27% 24% 17% 18% 14% 10% 18% 25% 28% 26% 25%
Less 47% 43% 51% 38% 52% 52% 47% 42% 50% 52% 42% 52% 44% 52% 47% 54% 43% 49% 47% 44% 49% 49% 64% 51% 47% 44% 41% 30%
About the same 27% 27% 27% 31% 29% 22% 21% 29% 25% 28% 33% 22% 29% 25% 28% 19% 30% 23% 24% 31% 29% 29% 19% 26% 24% 28% 33% 43%
                                                         
December 2 - 3  How much of your gift shopping will be done online?  All of it, most of it, about half, some, or will none of you holiday gift shopping be done on-line?                            
Gender 3 Party < 40 > Investors Marital Status Race Age Income
▼ Response ▼ TOTAL Men Women GOP Dem Other < Men Men 40+ < Wom  Wom 40+ Inv Non Married Not married White Black Other 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-64 65+ < 20k 20k-40k 40-60k 60k-75k 75k-100k 100k>
All 1% 1% 1% 0% 1% 2% 0% 1% 0% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 3% 0% 1% 2% 1% 2% 2% 1% 0% 0% 4% 1%
Most 8% 8% 8% 7% 7% 10% 9% 7% 16% 6% 9% 6% 9% 6% 8% 6% 4% 12% 8% 9% 5% 6% 6% 5% 11% 6% 17% 9%
About half 13% 15% 10% 11% 12% 15% 18% 14% 8% 11% 16% 10% 16% 8% 14% 9% 10% 13% 15% 15% 14% 4% 5% 7% 10% 24% 17% 27%
Some 28% 31% 26% 37% 26% 22% 36% 29% 26% 26% 35% 21% 33% 21% 30% 19% 27% 31% 34% 31% 25% 19% 16% 21% 31% 36% 38% 47%
None 49% 44% 53% 44% 53% 49% 32% 47% 51% 54% 37% 60% 40% 61% 45% 63% 54% 42% 40% 42% 54% 68% 69% 65% 45% 32% 24% 17%
                                                         
December 2 - 3  Generally speaking, do you consider this holiday season joyous or stressful?                                         
Gender 3 Party < 40 > Investors Marital Status Race Age Income
▼ Response ▼ TOTAL Men Women GOP Dem Other < Men Men 40+ < Wom  Wom 40+ Inv Non Married Not married White Black Other 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-64 65+ < 20k 20k-40k 40-60k 60k-75k 75k-100k 100k>
Joyous 51% 51% 51% 67% 41% 48% 42% 53% 49% 52% 63% 40% 57% 43% 53% 40% 55% 46% 53% 55% 50% 53% 39% 47% 53% 57% 58% 66%
Stressful 39% 40% 39% 28% 47% 42% 46% 38% 46% 37% 28% 50% 34% 47% 39% 43% 35% 46% 43% 35% 40% 32% 47% 48% 41% 29% 32% 28%