Rasmussen Reports

Survey of 1,000 Adults

Conducted  March 24 - 25, 2007

Daily Snapshot

March 24 - 25, 2007  Have you ever heard of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia?                                          
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 38% 41% 36% 37% 37% 42% 46% 40% 51% 32% 43% 32% 37% 40% 38% 29% 52% 48% 48% 48% 30% 14% 19% 34% 36% 34% 50% 59%
No 56% 53% 58% 58% 54% 55% 52% 53% 41% 63% 51% 61% 57% 54% 56% 62% 44% 46% 49% 48% 63% 73% 75% 54% 58% 64% 46% 38%
                                                       
March 24 - 25, 2007  Have you ever read anything on Wikipedia that you knew was inaccurate?                                      
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 25% 19% 31% 20% 27% 28% 18% 20% 45% 25% 30% 18% 23% 28% 26% 20% 26% 33% 22% 33% 13% 7% 49% 16% 26% 16% 27% 27%
No 56% 63% 49% 58% 58% 53% 70% 60% 55% 47% 51% 65% 54% 59% 59% 74% 36% 62% 58% 49% 56% 49% 32% 65% 58% 57% 53% 57%
                                                       
March 24 - 25, 2007  Have you ever posted or corrected information on Wikipedia?                                        
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 9% 6% 12% 6% 12% 8% 19% 1% 23% 8% 6% 13% 8% 10% 9% 9% 8% 21% 8% 2% 3% 3% 10% 19% 2% 0% 4% 12%
No 88% 92% 83% 90% 84% 89% 81% 96% 77% 85% 90% 84% 89% 86% 89% 87% 83% 79% 92% 94% 90% 78% 80% 80% 92% 100% 96% 84%
                                                       
March 24 - 25, 2007 How trustworthy is the information found on Wikipedia?                                          
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>
Very trustworthy 10% 13% 7% 10% 10% 10% 21% 10% 9% 7% 11% 9% 10% 10% 9% 13% 13% 15% 12% 9% 10% 1% 5% 7% 16% 8% 7% 14%
Somewhat trustworthy 36% 41% 32% 36% 37% 36% 42% 40% 44% 29% 35% 39% 36% 37% 33% 45% 50% 43% 45% 41% 29% 23% 30% 38% 33% 30% 44% 48%
Not very trustworthy 12% 11% 12% 11% 11% 12% 4% 13% 13% 12% 13% 10% 11% 13% 13% 10% 6% 9% 9% 12% 15% 14% 14% 13% 9% 7% 18% 10%
Not at all trustworthy 4% 4% 4% 3% 5% 5% 0% 6% 5% 4% 4% 4% 3% 5% 4% 2% 8% 3% 3% 6% 3% 7% 8% 3% 4% 7% 3% 2%
                                                       
March 24 - 25, 2007  Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Wikipedia?                              
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>
Very favorable 14% 18% 10% 11% 14% 17% 31% 14% 17% 9% 13% 16% 11% 19% 13% 9% 25% 24% 16% 17% 9% 3% 13% 15% 11% 9% 11% 25%
Somewhat favorable 32% 36% 28% 35% 32% 28% 37% 36% 31% 27% 36% 27% 33% 29% 28% 40% 44% 34% 37% 40% 25% 22% 22% 30% 35% 26% 43% 35%
Somewhat  unfavorable 15% 15% 15% 14% 15% 14% 7% 17% 12% 15% 14% 15% 14% 16% 16% 13% 6% 9% 16% 15% 18% 14% 21% 10% 13% 9% 18% 18%
Very unfavorable 5% 5% 5% 4% 6% 5% 0% 7% 3% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 7% 1% 5% 6% 6% 8% 9% 4% 6% 6% 4% 3%