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Poll Finds Strong Association Between Watching Fox News And Not Liking Obama
Eric Kleefeld | October 7, 2009, 2:15PM
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A new survey of North Carolina by Public Policy Polling (D) illustrates just how polarized people have become in terms of their politics -- and where they get their news.
President Obama's overall approval rating in North Carolina, state that he won narrowly, currently stands at 45% approval to 49% disapproval, according to this survey. The poll also asked: "When you watch cable news do you prefer CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC?" The answer was Fox 49%, CNN 31%, and MSNBC 13%, plus 7% who don't watch cable news.
Note that Obama's disapproval matches the percentage or respondents who watch Fox. Another way to look at it, from PPP: "Obama's NC approval with Fox News watchers: 18%. Approval with everyone else: 72%."
Now which came first: The chicken, or the egg?
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Schmed
October 7, 2009 2:19 PM
In other news, water remains wet, the sky is still blue, and Lewis Black is right about the 2 party system.
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counter coulter
October 7, 2009 2:31 PM in reply to Schmed
Damn, ya beat me to it! I was going to add: ...and fire is still hot.
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Xantar
October 7, 2009 2:32 PM in reply to counter coulter
And Rush Limbaugh is a big fat lying idiot.
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CT Voter
October 7, 2009 2:34 PM in reply to Xantar
And Glenn Beck is a big fat crying idiot.
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The Old Grouch
October 7, 2009 3:27 PM in reply to CT Voter
The forecast for tonight - DARK! Continued dark overnight with gradually increasing light towards morning.
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counter coulter
October 7, 2009 3:34 PM in reply to The Old Grouch
Nice. I'm old enough to get that Carlin reference.
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The Old Grouch
October 7, 2009 4:05 PM in reply to counter coulter
And I'm old enough to employ it.
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Stroszek
October 7, 2009 2:41 PM
These results are interesting. Perhaps we should follow up on this finding to determine whether this "Fox News" channel has a conservative slant.
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sashimi
October 7, 2009 2:55 PM
and the poll should have asked "Fox 49%" whether they think Steven Colbert is a really a republican, an opportunity missed.
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steve3443
October 7, 2009 3:29 PM
And don't forget the poll that came out about a year and a half ago (I think it was a Pew poll) that found that those who got their news from Fox were also the most likely to believe that Iraq had WMDs and that Saddam was linked with 9-11. Those least likely to believe these were NPR/PBS listeners/viewers. They didn't poll TPM readers though, I don't know what they were thinking. Maybe next time.
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johnmccsf
October 7, 2009 3:46 PM
The GOP has a propaganda division
Must be nice
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CN
October 7, 2009 3:48 PM
Here's the fascinating thing: almost 1 out of 5 Fox watchers -- 18% -- STILL approve of Obama.
I'm not sure exactly what the significance is, but there has to be something significant in that statistic. Despite Fox's 24/7 "everything Obama is bad, everything anti-Obama is good" over-the-top propoganda campaign, a full fifth of its audience STILL is glad that John McCain isn't the president.
I wonder, though, about that 18% that likes Obama but persists in watching Fox.
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Xantar
October 7, 2009 5:12 PM in reply to CN
Liberals checking out propaganda from the other side in order to formulate their own refutations of the silly talking points? It's a nasty job, but somebody has to do it. And I salute them.
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jeffgee
October 7, 2009 4:25 PM
Seen at a tea party rally was a handmade sign showing the international NO symbol through the logos of all news organizations except Fox.
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ejg3
October 7, 2009 4:59 PM
You would probably get similar numbers on church attendance patterns as well. The other question is how many of these Fox listeners also get an earful from Rush as well.
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