jokes were (1=less funny; 9-more funny). The jokes were grouped into seven categories: marriage, family, racial, golf, religious, employment, and the so-called "deep thought" jokes. For racial jokes, the ratings by the three groups of subjects are summarized in this table: Democrats Independents Republicans Total Mean 3.3483 3.9536 4.1267 3.6526 Std. Deviation 1.9599 1.9552 2.3211 unavailable Total N 156 79 50 285