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ReportNovember 3, 2016
Civic Engagement Strongly Tied to Local News Habits

Appendix B: Detailed tables of demographic characteristics

By Michael Barthel, Jesse Holcomb, Jessica Mahone and Amy Mitchell
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Civic Engagement Strongly Tied to Local News Habits 1. Regular local voting, community attachment strongly linked to news habits 2. Participation in civic life and community rating show weaker ties to local news habits 3. Perceived political diversity shows little relationship with local news habits Acknowledgments Methodology Appendix A: Measuring local voting habits
Appendix B: Detailed tables of demographic characteristics
Appendix C: Terminology

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