Regardless of age, roughly three-quarters of Americans (75%) say they have found a commercial on television confusing and 21% say they often find TV commercials confusing, according to a Harris Poll.
Nearly nine in 10 Americans (89%) say they watch commercials on television. Some 55% of Americans say they don't very often find TV commercials confusing and just 14% never find commercials confusing.
Age plays a small role in how confusing commercials appear to people: 29% of Americans age 55+ say they often find commercials on television confusing, as do 17% of those age 45-54 and 18% of those age 18-34.
Education also plays a small role: 76% of those who have a college degree or post-graduate education say they have found commercials on TV to be confusing, as have 75% of those with some college education and 75% of those with a high-school education or less.
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