Majority of voters view Limbaugh negatively

[MercedesV]

According to the Democratic polling firm, voters view the conservative talk show host "negatively by a two-to-one ratio (53 to 26 percent), with nearly half the country, 45 percent, viewing him very, very negatively. Among independents, the ratio rises to three-to-one."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/11/majority-of-voters-view-l_n_173907.html

Overview

With a national debate raging over the place of radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh in the Republican Party, a new national survey from Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner finds that Limbaugh weighs down heavily on an already weakened Republican Party – putting Republican leaders and their party’s conservative base voters out of sync with not only Democrats and independents, but even the bloc of moderate Republicans. On virtually every question the great majority of the mainstream rejects Limbaugh’s ideas and vision of the Republican Party, which severely constrains Republican elected leaders. It does not help that some of the key voters in the 2006 and 2008 elections, like younger voters, are particularly uncomfortable with Limbaugh’s politics. Conservative Republican voters, however, embrace Limbaugh, giving him a very high favorability rating; they say he shares their values and urge Republican leaders to defend him when he is criticizing President Obama.

http://www.democracycorps.com/strategy/2009/03/rush-limbaugh-weighs-down-heavily-on-republicans/

[MercedesV]

Again, why is this on a politics page? Limbaugh is a conservative radio talk show host. I haven't heard that he was running for any public office, so what difference would it make if every voter in America viewed him negatively?

He must have a ton of listeners who "view him negatively"

:lol:

IME

It is on the politics board because it is politics. The affect Limbaugh is having on the Republican Party, the fact that according to this survey he is viewed negatively by a majority of voters and is weighing the Republicans down. Read the second link, or even the paragraph I quoted from it. It may not match your opinion, but many feel that Limbaugh is hurting Republicans. And that is politics. If it isn't to your liking you certainly are free to pass it by.

[Lady_Jean_La]

Positive or negative as long as they listen Rush wins.

JMO

[crocdog1]

I responded directly to her post which stated, "It may not match your opinion, but many feel that Limbaugh is hurting Republicans."

And no, IMO Limbaugh's views and vision of what the republican party should be is not weighing conservatives who vote republican down. He's a talk show commentator.

RL may be an entertainer. He may be a a talk show commentator. Makes no difference to me what you call him.

The point is that he is a very authoritarian Conservative voice and has dominion over the Republican Party.

Powerful Repubs are scared out of their wits to dare cross him, in any way. If they do they are toast, and part of his roast.

Just My Opinion On This Subject.

[YoYo]

http://boards.insessiontrials.com/showthread.php?t=350189&highlight=rush

And then there are those who think Obama is making him a very rich man...... so that "majority" may be meaningless. JMO

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090310/ENTERTAINMENT/903100308

evidenced by the record $400 million

Show me the money! :thumbsup:

[lunchlady]

I've been amazed the last few weeks by the series of GOPers who criticized Rush and then almost immediately apologized. Why didn't they stick to their opinion and defend it?
I also consider Rush to be an entertainer and he does what he does to get ratings because that makes more money. But all political commentators/entertainers are influential, especially for people who don't care to read deeper analysis of the issues. The audience size for Rush and People magazine vastly exceeds that of the National Review or Harpers or other harder-to-digest information sources.
I think part of the appeal of Rush is how simple he makes things seems, and how sure he is of his opinions. Follow the Leader!

[inv]

Does Rush have a college degree?

Limbaugh graduated from Cape Central High School, in 1969. His father and mother wanted him to attend college, so he enrolled at Southeast Missouri State University. He dropped out after two semesters and one summer; according to his mother, "he flunked everything", even a modern ballroom dancing class.[4] As she told a reporter in 1992, "He just didn't seem interested in anything except radio."[7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh#Education