Friday, October 12, 2012

Hell, I Might Be A Democrat After All

From the NY Times:
It sounds like a cliché, but if the results of a TiVo-based research study are to be believed, registered Republicans are very interested in golf.
As for registered Democrats, they seem to be partial to cartoons. And Republicans tend to watch N.C.A.A. basketball, while Democrats prefer the National Basketball Association.
The results come from an analysis assembled by TRA Inc. (which stands for TiVo Research and Analytics), and are based on a model that matches viewing data from cable set-top boxes with voter-registration information from 186,000 households. Measured during the first two quarters of 2012 (which is why there is no football, but plenty of basketball), TRA listed programs by how they performed with registered voters of either party (as well as independents) compared to a base of all registered voters.
In general, the conclusions pointed to television viewing that is every bit as polarized as the political culture. The research listed the top 20 shows for Democratic and Republican viewers and not one network show appeared on both lists.....
Over all, the Democratic list contained a lot of animated comedies — “The Cleveland Show,” “Family Guy,” “American Dad” — as well as lightly viewed but critically acclaimed sitcoms like “30 Rock” and “Community.”
The Republican list, beyond sports (Nascar was also big), was populated with a host of reality shows — “The Biggest Loser,” “Survivor,” “American Idol” and “The Amazing Race.’  http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/republicans-like-golf-democrats-prefer-cartoons-tv-research-suggests/
I like the Family Guy and other cartoons but not too many reality TV shows.
I guess I am about half way out of the closet.

1 comment:

  1. Don't worry, Dan, there is diversity even in like-minded political groups. Example: The Other Half and I are both flaming lefty liberal moonbats, but he likes Real Housewives (all of 'em), and all manner of Bravo reality shows. I hate 'em. But I watch Survivor. So, me thinks this poll is kinda worthless. At least for determining politics.

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