Political talk radio
1) Do you listen to conservative talk radio?
| 22% (8) | 1) All the time | |
|---|---|---|
| 22% (8) | 2) Sometimes | |
| 22% (8) | 3) Rarely | |
| 33% (12) | 4) Never |
36 voters have answered this question.
Do you listen to liberal/progressive talk radio?
| 36% (13) | 1) All the time. | |
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| 38% (14) | 2) Sometimes. | |
| 13% (5) | 3) Rarely. | |
| 11% (4) | 4) Never. |
36 voters have answered this question.
Which talk show hosts do you listen to? I know I am leaving a whole bunch of people out and may misspell some names.
| 25% (9) | 1) Rush Limbaugh | |
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| 45% (16) | 2) Randi Rhodes | |
| 28% (10) | 3) Stephanie Miller | |
| 28% (10) | 4) Michael Savage | |
| 25% (9) | 5) Sean Hannity | |
| 37% (13) | 6) Tom Hartman | |
| 40% (14) | 7) Ed Schultz | |
| 8% (3) | 8) Dennis Prager | |
| 5% (2) | 9) Michael Medved | |
| 11% (4) | 10) Laura Ingram | |
| 8% (3) | 11) Tammy Bruce | |
| 51% (18) | 12) Rachel Maddoux | |
| 20% (7) | 13) Alan Combs | |
| 20% (7) | 14) Mike Malloy |
35 voters have answered this question.
Which talk show hosts annoy you?
| 72% (26) | 1) Rush Limbaugh | |
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| 11% (4) | 2) Randi Rhodes | |
| 5% (2) | 3) Stephanie Miller | |
| 38% (14) | 4) Michael Savage | |
| 63% (23) | 5) Sean Hannity | |
| 5% (2) | 6) Tom Hartman | |
| 13% (5) | 7) Ed Schultz | |
| 13% (5) | 8) Michael Medved (sp?) | |
| 13% (5) | 9) Dennis Prager | |
| 13% (5) | 10) Rachel Maddoux | |
| 16% (6) | 11) Alan Combs | |
| 8% (3) | 12) Tammy Bruce | |
| 30% (11) | 13) Laura Ingram | |
| 5% (2) | 14) Mike Malloy |
36 voters have answered this question.
What annoys you about these people? You may choose multiple answers.
| 66% (24) | 1) They don't get their facts straight. | |
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| 55% (20) | 2) They never admit it when they are wrong. | |
| 52% (19) | 3) They argue their points with emotions but not facts. | |
| 52% (19) | 4) They talk over guests. | |
| 52% (19) | 5) They talk over callers. | |
| 41% (15) | 6) They are mean to callers/guests that disagree with them | |
| 25% (9) | 7) They are mean even to people that agree with them | |
| 50% (18) | 8) They are bigoted | |
| 27% (10) | 9) They are anti-american | |
| 36% (13) | 10) They are corporate mouthpieces | |
| 52% (19) | 11) They are a propaganda arm for the administration. | |
| 55% (20) | 12) They are arrogant | |
| 52% (19) | 13) They lie | |
| 19% (7) | 14) Other |
36 voters have answered this question.
If a talk show host annoys you and you still listen, why is that?
| 3% (1) | 1) I agree with their views just not their methods | |
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| 11% (3) | 2) I usually disagree with their views but they treat people with respect | |
| 11% (3) | 3) I like hearing their angry rants for entertainment value even though they annoy me | |
| 53% (14) | 4) I like to see what the other side is thinking. | |
| 19% (5) | 5) Other |
26 voters have answered this question.
Do you know any talk show hosts that are usually respectful to talkers and guests? If so, which ones.
| 17% (6) | 1) Rush Limbaugh | |
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| 11% (4) | 2) Randi Rhodes | |
| 14% (5) | 3) Stephanie Miller | |
| 0% (0) | 4) Michael Savage | |
| 5% (2) | 5) Sean Hannity | |
| 29% (10) | 6) Tom Hartman | |
| 32% (11) | 7) Ed Schultz | |
| 2% (1) | 8) Michael Medved | |
| 5% (2) | 9) Dennis Prager | |
| 5% (2) | 10) Laura Ingram | |
| 5% (2) | 11) Tammy Bruce | |
| 41% (14) | 12) Rachel Maddoux | |
| 29% (10) | 13) Alan Combs | |
| 8% (3) | 14) Mike Malloy |
34 voters have answered this question.
What are your political views?
| 27% (10) | 1) Liberal | |
|---|---|---|
| 21% (8) | 2) Moderate | |
| 21% (8) | 3) Conservative | |
| 27% (10) | 4) Depends on the issue | |
| 2% (1) | 5) Other |
37 voters have answered this question.
Which of the following are you in favor of? You may choose multiple answers.
| 16% (6) | 1) The Iraq war | |
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| 70% (26) | 2) Getting out of Iraq now | |
| 64% (24) | 3) Universal health care | |
| 40% (15) | 4) Gay marraige | |
| 21% (8) | 5) Preventing gay marraige | |
| 48% (18) | 6) Preventing illegal immigration | |
| 35% (13) | 7) Finding a way to make illegal immigrants legal | |
| 2% (1) | 8) Invading Iran | |
| 62% (23) | 9) Making sure we don't invade Iran | |
| 10% (4) | 10) Warrentless wiretapping | |
| 59% (22) | 11) Ending warrentless wiretapping | |
| 45% (17) | 12) Keeping abortion legal | |
| 16% (6) | 13) Overturning Roe vs. Wade | |
| 78% (29) | 14) Finding alternative sources of energy | |
| 21% (8) | 15) Prayer in public schools | |
| 35% (13) | 16) Public financing of elections |
37 voters have answered this question.
What do you think of the outing of Valerie Plame who was working for the CIA? You may use multiple responses
| 20% (7) | 1) She was not really covert | |
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| 54% (19) | 2) She was covert and her entire operation was put in danger. | |
| 62% (22) | 3) Scooter Libby was covering up for Dick Cheney | |
| 60% (21) | 4) Scooter Libby was covering up for Karl Rove | |
| 22% (8) | 5) This is all a big deal about nothing. Let's move on. | |
| 40% (14) | 6) If this had all happened under Clinton there would be endless outrage and many high level officials would be in jail now | |
| 17% (6) | 7) I don't care about all of this | |
| 0% (0) | 8) It's o.k to reveal the names of CIA agents | |
| 17% (6) | 9) She outed herself | |
| 37% (13) | 10) There should be a new investigation and if people are determined to have revealed her identity, they should all be tried for treason. |
35 voters have answered this question.
What do you like about your favorite talk show hosts?
| 75% (27) | 1) They are smart. | |
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| 55% (20) | 2) They are funny | |
| 63% (23) | 3) They get their facts straight | |
| 8% (3) | 4) I like hearing them rant and get angry..it's entertaining | |
| 0% (0) | 5) They are rude to guests/callers | |
| 38% (14) | 6) They respect guests/callers | |
| 61% (22) | 7) They have interesting/good/informative guests | |
| 55% (20) | 8) I actually learn alot about what is going on | |
| 19% (7) | 9) It's an alternative to the "liberal media" | |
| 30% (11) | 10) It's an alternative to the "conservative/corporate media" | |
| 16% (6) | 11) Other | |
| 5% (2) | 12) I don't like anything about these people | |
| 0% (0) | 13) I never listen to any talk shows |
36 voters have answered this question.
Do you think political talk radio has any influence on elections
| 32% (12) | 1) Yes | |
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| 32% (12) | 2) A little bit | |
| 2% (1) | 3) Hardly at all | |
| 8% (3) | 4) No | |
| 13% (5) | 5) It does but I wish it didn't | |
| 0% (0) | 6) It doesn't but I wish it did | |
| 8% (3) | 7) Not sure | |
| 2% (1) | 8) I don't care |
37 voters have answered this question.

