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Bill USA

(6,436 posts)
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 07:31 PM Sep 2016

Does anybody know of any poll which asked people about their actual knowledge of an issue/candidate

and linked that with their opinions on an issue or candidate.

and also any poll which showed where polled individuals got their "news" from linked to their opinions on issues and candidates??



I am aware of this rare poll which related knowledge of issues with opinions of same and which also related source of "news" with opinons on issues:

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/brunitedstatescanadara/671.php?nid=&id=&pnt=671&lb=


Those who watched Fox News almost daily were significantly more likely than those who never watched it to believe that most economists estimate the stimulus caused job losses (8 points more likely), most economists have estimated the health care law will worsen the deficit (31 points), the economy is getting worse (26 points), most scientists do not agree that climate change is occurring (30 points), the stimulus legislation did not include any tax cuts (14 points), their own income taxes have gone up (14 points), the auto bailout only occurred under Obama (13 points), when TARP came up for a vote most Republicans opposed it (12 points) and that it is not clear that Obama was born in the United States (31 points). The effect was also not simply a function of partisan bias, as people who voted Democratic and watched Fox News were also more likely to have such misinformation than those who did not watch it--though by a lesser margin than those who voted Republican.


and here's a good article which nicely summarizes the results of this study:

Study Confirms That Fox News Makes You Stupid



[font size="3"] But I'd really like to know is, if any pollster has asked people of their opinions of Hillary and what their level of actual knowledge is and where they get their news from.[/font]
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