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.
