PPP Poll: America is a Predominately Conservative Nation

You can read what you want to about this PPP media poll. If anything jumps out – and I see a lot of BS being made of it – it’s that the Right does appear to be in more of a media bubble than I’d like to see. It’s that dynamic, across the sample, that allows Fox to be the most and least trusted outlet. I’d take this whole thing with a grain of salt, frankly. But one question and the responses did catch my attention.

Forty-three percent of respondents claim to be somewhat or very conservative, while only 31% claim to be somewhat or very liberal. That can be hard to understand given that a majority voted for Obama 48% – 42% for romney, with 10% saying someone else, or can’t remember. But, there it is, according to generally left-leaning PPP, America remains a predominately conservative nation. Heh!

35% of Americans say they trust Fox News more than any other TV news outlet, followed by 14% for PBS, 11% for ABC, 10% for CNN, 9% for CBS, 6% each for Comedy Central and MSNBC, and 3% for NBC. It leads the way because of its continuing near total support among Republicans as the place to go for news- 69% of Republicans say it’s their most trusted source with nothing else polling above 7%. Meanwhile Democrats are split between a lot of different outlets when it comes to who they have the most faith in- PBS at 21%, CNN and ABC at 18%, and CBS and MSNBC at 12% all poll in double digits. It’s interesting that while Fox News and MSNBC are often thought of as equivalent, Fox News is by far and away the most trusted source of GOP voters while MSNBC is only tied for 4th among Democrats.

via Fox News once again most and least trusted name in news – Public Policy Polling.

Full poll results here.

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