Hello, welcome to Real Heavy Politics - thanks for your visit today. Several months ago - a new marketing research website was formed (out of another database of people participating in movie research - I will explain that some other time) and `screened' me to see if I had the qualifications to participate in an on-going sample (nearly daily I answer 3-5 questions) about `Politics'. The ultimate sample is composed of folks who exhibited some political knowledge (for example - I knew my Georgia State House Representative's Name) and a willingness to participate regularly.
And, one of the subjects they recent did covered Political Talking Heads ---- After the results are done (usually a few days) - they send the results to the participants and also put them on their webpage. So, today, I got the results of their first `Political Talking Heads' survey. (They `weight' the final sample to reflect the current American mix of Republicans, Democrats, and `Independents' - my category.)
Now, since I've done marketing research for decades myself, I'm always interested in what the results of ANY survey are - but, these are very interesting to anyone with an interest in politics or the talking heads themselves. For example, the favorite of Republicans are (in order): Glenn Beck, Hannity, Neal Cavuto, Mike Huckabee, and Bill O'Reilly -- Most Hated by Democrats: O'Reilly, Hannity, Beck, Geraldo Rivera, Mike Huckabee.
Likewise, the favorites of Democrats: John Stewart, Colbert, R.Maddow (I don't even know this name), Jim Lehrer, and Bill Moyers -- Most Hated by Republicans: Katie Couric, Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Larry King. Which means - Democrats hate who the Republicans like most -- but -- Republicans don't hate (as much) who Democrats like most.
Therefore, as usual, it's the independents - who matter the most - and, they like: Lehrer, Stewart, Brian Williams, Colbert, and (s) Schieffer (could this be Bob Scheiffer in a misprint?) -- and they hate most: Rivera, O'Reilly, Hannity, Larry King, and Katie Couric. And, other than Geraldo Rivera, the Independents are much more likely to `hate less' and `like less' -- than either the Republinuts or Democraps (sorry, I couldn't resist -- as you might be aware - I hate each party).
Finally, the poll shows how much each Talking Head's public perceptions have changed in the last month -- Up this month are Colbert and O'Reilly -- and down this month are Gretta Van Susteren and Charlie Gibson.
Here's the link for the graph used for this post: http://page.politicshome.com/usa/tracking_americas_talking_heads_july_2009.html
More links of interest:
The Eighteen Million Dollar Web Site. --- http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/the-eighteen-million-dollar-web-site/ This is how much it costs our bloated government to get a website up and running.
A homeless man in Georgia has been jailed for over a year for failure to pay child support for a kid. He is not the biological parent and the judge knew he wasn't the biological parent at the time he sent the man to jail. http://abovethelaw.com/2009/07/judge_of_the_day_only_if_you_r.php Our too full of itself Justice System.
Finally, enjoy Jesse Ventura - who appeared on CNN earlier this week:
