46% of Republicans believe tablets will replace laptops

The question put out there by Poll Position was:

Do you think electronic tablets, such as Apple’s (AAPL) iPad, will eventually take the place of laptop computers?

Do you think electronic tablets, such as Apple’s (AAPL) iPad, will eventually take the place of laptop computers?

Among results (margin of error +/- 3%):

• Overall, 46% of respondents said yes, 34.8% said no, 19.2% had no opinion
• Women (39.2% yes) were more skeptical than men (53.2%)
• 18-29 year olds (36.5% yes) were more skeptical than 30-44 year olds (53%)
• Independents had more trouble making up their minds (21.9% had no opinion) than registered Republicans (49.9% yes) or Democrats (44.8% yes)
• Seniors 65 years old and over were, understandably, the most ambivalent (42.1% had no opinion)