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Editorial: Virtual Democracy

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1. Statistical Abstract of the U.S., 1997, http:// www.census.gov/population/socdemo/computer.
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2. http:// www.mediamark.com/pages/cs_F97A.htm.
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3. http:// www.maires.co.uk/internet/surveys/in07.htm.
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4. See http:// www.people-press.org. The authors are most grateful to Andrew Kohut and the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press for the release of this data set.

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