Poll: 2004 Election Was Stolen; according to viewers of all news networks except Fox News
by Rob Kall
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Who are these Fox viewers. OpEdNews gives you the details.
In the first poll of its kind, OpEdNews.com, in the second OpEdNews/Zogby People's poll has learned that except for viewers of right wing news show, Fox News, poll
respondents believe that the 2004 presidential election was stolen.
Overall, the poll found that 39% said that the 2004 election was stolen. 54% said it was legitimate. Shortly after the
election, the NY Times suggested that a few fringe extremists and bloggers were concerned about the theft of the
election.
But let's look at the demographics on this question. Of the people who watch Fox news as their primary sourc of TV news,
one half of one percent believe it was stolen and 99% believe it was legitimate. Among people who watched ANY other news
source but FOX, more felt the election was stolen than legitimate. The numbers varied dramatically:
Here are the stats by network listed as first choice by respondent and whether the respondent thought the election was
stolen or legitimate.
Network Stolen Legitimate
ABC 56% 32%
CBS 64% 31%
CNN 70% 24%
FOX .5% 99%
MSNBC 65% 24%
NBC 49% 43%
Other 56% 28%
The poll asked people which was their favorite source of TV newst. Among the 689 people in the poll who answered this
question, 37% watched Fox news, more than any other single network. CNN came in second with 21% with MSNBC third, with
13%. It makes sense for these three 24/7 news networks to be the top in this category, since the others air news for
limited parts of the day.
A lot more information on Fox News viewers :
After Fox news, the second choice for news network among Fox viewers is ABC 38% and MSNBC 37%, followed by CNN with 27%,
NBC with 19% and CBS with 6%.
74% of it's viewers are married. 15% are single and 10% are divorced, widowed or separated. Whether they are fair and
balanced, is up for debate. But they appear to be THE family channel, at least for Republicans. 64% have children. 85%
of them come from non-union families. Among churchgoers, half go to church, temple or mosque rarely, never or just
holidays. But for Fox News Viewers half go frequently. Among NBC viewers, 67% go most frequently. NBC has the most
religious viewers. More born-agains watch NBC; 54% to 46%, and Born Agains are least likely to watch ABC: 95%/5%, MSNBC
78%/22%, CBS 76% to 24% and CNN 65%/35%. More Catholics, Protestants and Born-agains watch Fox news than any other news
network.
82% of people who identify themselves as conservative and 80 of those who consider themselves very conservative watch
Fox News. Zero liberal or progressives watch Fox News as their first choice, and 42% of moderates chose FOx news as
their first choice. The first choice of progressives (very liberal) is Other, assumingly C-Span and the like. The first
choice of Liberals is CNN.
Fox news is the favorite of suburban, small city and rural dwellers. CNN is the first choice of large city dwellers.
Among immigrants Fox news is the top favorite.
46% of men and 30% of women watch Fox news.
Less than 2% of Democrats favor Fox news, while it's the favorite for 75% of Republicans and 34% of independents. For
Republicans and independents, Fox is the network that is first choice. CNN is viewed as first choice by Democrats, with
38% choosing it.
The OpEdNews.com/Zogby People's Poll, with 42 questions, also found that the PA US Senate Race, with Rick Santorum, is
not at all like other polls have reported. While Casey Has a 47-37% lead. He has spent millions of dollars to get it.
His opponents Chuck Pennacchio and Alan Sandals are both within similar range, with 45% and 43% with Pennacchio having
spent under $100,000 and Sandals having spent under $500,000. Both the current and a previous OpEdNews/Zogby people's
poll found, that after respondents were given position information on the candidates, that Casey's lead disappears and
he pulls a smaller percentage than either Pennacchio or Sandals.
We are waiting on further crosstab analysis of the data. We believe that we will find that if you pull out Fox viewers,
the rest of America has a far different view of America and the Bush Administration
This poll was run May 9th through 10th, in Pennsylvania, by the Zogby organization.
Methodology statement from Zogby:
Zogby International conducted interviews of 707 likely voters online. Panelists who have agreed to participate in Zogby
polls online were invited to participate in the survey. The online poll ran from 5/9/06 through 5/10/06. The margin of
error is +/- 3.8 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups. Slight weights were added to party, age,
race, religion, and gender to more accurately reflect the population.
More detailed Statistics from the poll will be posted later today.
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Rob Kall is executive editor and publisher of OpEdNews.com, President of Futurehealth, Inc, and organizer of several conferences, including StoryCon, the Summit Meeting on the Art, Science and Application of Story and The Winter Brain Meeting on neurofeedback, biofeedback, Optimal Functioning and Positive Psychology. He is a frequent Speaker on a wide range of
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