PUBLIC OPINION
John Hawkins reminds us that most Americans really don’t pay that much attention to politics, yesterday’s Gallup Poll Analyses – Rush Limbaugh a Well-Known but Highly Polarizing Figure. Among those surveyed, large percentages had never heard of Rush Limbaugh (9%), Ann Coulter (69%), Dennis Miller (30%) and Al Franken (49%).
This isn’t really news. Indeed, looking at some other recent Gallup polls makes the picture even worse. As of November 14, 50% had too little knowledge about Howard Dean to have an opinion. As of November 11, 3% of those surveyed admitted to never having heard of Vice President Cheney. And, I guarantee you, if the poll had asked people to actually name the VP, rather than simply react to his name, that percentage would have been much, much higher.
This is why voter apathy is not all downside. I don’t want people who are not paying attention deciding the country’s politics. Of course, to an extent they are, but it’s a limited extent.
That works for me.
Amen to the above comment- let the idiots stay home.
Anyway there was a survey about half way thru the Clinton ear that asked people to name the veep. Something like 56% could not even name him.
I always chuckle when I see poll numbers on a certain politician. Half the people don’t even know who the guy is. How can they have an opinion?
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lol the survey was not halfway thru Clinton’s ear… it was thru the Clinton era.
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