Survey of 1,000 Adults

Conducted  April 18 - 19, 2007

Daily Snapshot

April 18 - 19, 2007		How closely have you followed news stories about the campus shootings at Virginia Tech University?
		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 closely	40%	38%	43%	42%	39%	40%	38%	38%	53%	40%	39%	42%	41%	39%	38%	46%	45%	46%	31%	33%	45%	48%	49%	36%	42%	29%	47%	39%
Somewhat closely	34%	32%	36%	33%	37%	32%	26%	34%	35%	36%	40%	28%	36%	31%	34%	38%	32%	31%	35%	41%	32%	32%	24%	37%	37%	35%	31%	41%
Not very closely	19%	21%	16%	18%	19%	19%	14%	23%	8%	19%	17%	21%	19%	19%	20%	16%	12%	11%	23%	23%	21%	16%	20%	19%	15%	27%	13%	16%
Not closely at all	3%	4%	3%	3%	2%	4%	14%	1%	5%	2%	1%	5%	1%	7%	4%	0%	2%	9%	2%	1%	1%	2%	5%	3%	3%	2%	5%	0%
April 18 - 19, 2007		How would you rate the way in which the University handled the incident?
		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>
Excellent	11%	11%	12%	15%	9%	10%	15%	10%	17%	10%	11%	11%	10%	13%	11%	16%	7%	16%	11%	10%	10%	9%	15%	9%	13%	11%	9%	11%
Good	26%	28%	25%	30%	23%	26%	26%	28%	30%	23%	29%	23%	27%	26%	28%	24%	15%	28%	26