Wojtek
> F A C I N G S O U T H
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> A progressive Southern news report
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> May 23, 2003 - Issue 49
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> Published by the Institute for Southern Studies and Southern
> Exposure magazine
> Percent of U.S. TV-watchers who tuned in to finale of
> "American Idol": 33% Percent of U.S. citizens who voted in
> 2002 mid-term elections: 39% Number of people who voted on
> the show's finale, in millions: 24 Number of Southerners who
> voted in the 2002 elections, in millions: 22.5 Out of 12
> "American Idol" finalists, number from the South: 8 Percent
> of Southerners who sing while driving alone in their car: 53%
> Percent who say they "drive faster" if they like the music: 8%
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> "They need to know that Americans don't want to put up with
> this. What's so different about recounting this and
> recounting the general election in Florida?"
> -- Martha Price, 66, of Stokes, N.C., in calling for a
> re-count of "American Idol" votes on the belief that Raleigh,
> N.C. finalist Clay Aiken lost because the show's voting "rigged."
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> Sources on file at the Institute for Southern Studies.