Posted by
AJH on Tuesday, March 03, 2009 1:16:51 AM
According to a survey from Public Policy Polling, “American voters are nearly split down the middle when it comes to their opinions on Rush Limbaugh.” (“Americans strongly divided on Limbaugh”)
46% have a positive perception of him with 43% viewing him negatively. There is a massive gender gap in those numbers, with 56% of men but only 37% of women holding a favorable opinion of him.
The numbers break down along party lines pretty much as one would expect. 80% of Republicans and only 17% of Democrats like him. Independents are pretty evenly divided with 44% seeing him unfavorably and 43% giving him a good review.
“Rush Limbaugh seems to be carrying a lot of power with Republican elected officials in the early days of the Obama administration,” Dean Debnam, president of Public Policy Polling, said. “Based on these numbers you have to question whether that’s justified though. Most GOP voters have a generally favorably opinion of him, but at the same time a strong majority of them also don’t think he should have a lot of influence in American politics.”
Mr. Debnam is an idiot. Republican officials routinely ignore Limbaugh and conservatives, which has been costing them an inordinate number of supporters.
AJH