Top 15 popular shows of Democrats and Republicans.
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Aaron Strife
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Why? House is openly atheist, pro-choice, etc.Aquavelvaman said:
GhostRidah
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breaking bad, mad men, and dexter hell yea!
What a strange list for both parties. You get something like 90210 rated so high on the Democrat list, but nothing similar to it anywhere to be seen. Same with Beck and Olbermann, being so insanely popular but none of the other pundit shows are on there. My parents are Republicans and the shows they watch consistently are Dexter, True Blood, House, Breaking Bad, 30 Rock, The Office, O'Reilly, Chuck, and my mom watching American Idol and Dancing With the Stars in addition to those shows.
SolsticeZero
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Kusagari said:
True. I'm just glad I don't see Glee on that list anywhere. Fuck I hate that show. It does have some fine women, though.
CartridgeBlower
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ronito said:
If you read the list, you'd see Two and a Half Men was almost equally liked by Democrats.
Also, don't know how anyone can make judgments like that on the republican side when the Kardashian spin-off show and 90210 are in the type 5 for the dems.
As was said, both have good and bad shows on them, but interesting to see what ranks where.
Shalashaska
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4 from the Republican side, 0 from Democratic side. Though I do plan on watching Mad Men and Dexter when I get some time to do so.
Another interesting observation is that outside of Beck, the Democrats also tend to really enjoy all of the Republican shows, While Republicans really hate the majority of the shows on the Democrat list.
Personally I watch The Amazing Race and Survivor off the Republican List, and am interested in Modern Family and Lie to Me but have never watched them.
On the Democrat side, I watch Dexter, Mad Men, Community (although that may end soon if they do not get it together), Parks, 30 Rock, and I am interested in Breaking Bad.
Personally I watch The Amazing Race and Survivor off the Republican List, and am interested in Modern Family and Lie to Me but have never watched them.
On the Democrat side, I watch Dexter, Mad Men, Community (although that may end soon if they do not get it together), Parks, 30 Rock, and I am interested in Breaking Bad.
SolsticeZero
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C4Lukins said:
They can't be associated with anything left wing.
I don't watch any of these regularly. I did like the first three seasons of Dexter
. And occasionally I'll watch 30 Rock (like I've seen 5 episodes or so). I've never seen any of the others. It doesn't surprise me in the least that Republicans like the more generic focus-tested homogenized shows . . . the less thinking you have to do . . .
except had the 5th spoiled for me so I was like fuck that. Plus even after three seasons I though the novelty had warn off
spiderman123
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but really this doesn't prove anything. Most of the shows on the dem side i don't like. But the repub side I like most of them. OMG I'm A REPUBLICAN!!
SolsticeZero
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spiderman123 said:
You better be watching this man
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DrForester
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How is Big Bang Theory near top on the Republican side.....
PhoenixDark
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ronito said:
Costanza is a democrat, your argument is invalid
SolsticeZero
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Karram said:
Dude, it is scary how many people actually believe the garbage spewing from that man's hole. Seriously, it actually scares the shit out of me.
ryutaro's mama
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I don't watch a single show on either list.
Independents in the motherphucking house.
Independents in the motherphucking house.
spiderman123
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ryutaro's mama said:
cnn
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FNL is just a mystery. It's amazing how long it has lasted with such shitty ratings. Amazing show though.KevinCow said:
Torhthelm Tídwald
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I wish they told you more about the methodology. From what I can see, it looks pretty sloppy. The lists appear to go from top to bottom according to the bolded number, except Damages, which looks like it should be tied for 14. It also looks like The Good Wife should be tied for 6th on the Republican list, kicking off 2 and a Half Men. It is clear they aren't looking at the difference between the R and D numbers, since the order would be totally different in that case. So it seems they just cut it out of the R list to make it so they were totally different. Like I said, sloppy.
It would also be nice if they gave a margin of error. These things are typically pretty hard to sample, so it is probably pretty big. If you assume a margin of error of 20 points (a real one would be a percentage, but that's more work), then all but three shows disappear from the R list except three (Beck, Amazing Race, and V). Meanwhile, only two shows (Good Wife, Friday Night Lights) disappear from the D list, and the differences are bigger overall.
If I were to guess, I would say that, except for the explicitly political shows, this isn't caused by a difference in politics, but by cultural patterns that affect both political identification and viewing habits. It looks like these R cultural patters cause them to avoid shows differently from the national average, while D patterns cause them to seek out shows. Given that the D shows don't look to have especially high ratings, it looks like the R avoidance is the dominant cause of the difference. But you'd need real data to say anything with any surety.
It would also be nice if they gave a margin of error. These things are typically pretty hard to sample, so it is probably pretty big. If you assume a margin of error of 20 points (a real one would be a percentage, but that's more work), then all but three shows disappear from the R list except three (Beck, Amazing Race, and V). Meanwhile, only two shows (Good Wife, Friday Night Lights) disappear from the D list, and the differences are bigger overall.
If I were to guess, I would say that, except for the explicitly political shows, this isn't caused by a difference in politics, but by cultural patterns that affect both political identification and viewing habits. It looks like these R cultural patters cause them to avoid shows differently from the national average, while D patterns cause them to seek out shows. Given that the D shows don't look to have especially high ratings, it looks like the R avoidance is the dominant cause of the difference. But you'd need real data to say anything with any surety.
Flying_Phoenix
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No Daily Show or Colbert Report for democrats?
Odd and sad.
Democrats seem to have the better taste than Republicans, but that isn't saying much.
Odd and sad.
Democrats seem to have the better taste than Republicans, but that isn't saying much.
Invisible_Insane
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Big Bang Theory is lazily-written pablum, and considering the Pledge to America, there is little wonder that it appeals so widely to Republicans. And HIMYM has been meandering in that direction since season 3... I'd be interested in seeing how these results might move longitudinally.
ViperVisor
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EmSeta said:Beck and Olbermann top the lists?
1 uses puppets for Michael Jackson sideshow stories. 1 uses them for what he pretends are for cereal stories.
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