GetReligion looks at blog surveys (BlogAds) and bloggers as readers. The question is asked:
You would be right if you predicted that I wish the survey had included at least one or two questions linked to religious beliefs and practices. Do bloggers go to church more than ordinary Americans?
My short answer, no, it would take time however to research my conclusions. The BlogAd survey is one of many available. The post looks at the Washington Post article on blogs.
In an unscientific Web survey of 36,000 people, Blogads reported that political blog readers tend to be age 41 to 50, male (72 percent), and earn $60,000 to $90,000 per year. Two in five have college degrees, while just a tad less have graduate degrees.
“These are not people who are politically idealistic and born yesterday,” said Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, who runs the popular liberal site DailyKos.
“I think people want to dismiss blog readers as unemployed people in their basement. Apparently not,” said Glenn Reynolds of the conservative blog InstaPundit.
Several major conservative blogs didn’t take part in the survey, which was posted on 110 sites, and so the numbers were weighted in favor of Democrats.
Blogads President Henry Copeland said the findings represent “the choir” of political blog readers, the most interested and most engaged, “the political geeks who are arguing over the nuances at a press conference or the latest Hillary Clinton pronounciations.”
He said Republican blog readers tend to be older, more often male, have higher incomes and less education than Democratic readers — but only by small degrees.
The survey noted that political blog readers tend to read blogs for 10 hours per week, often for “news I can’t find elsewhere.”
