Obama Voter Knowledge
by John Ziegler
Issue 121 - December 3, 2008

As part of a forthcoming documentary, "Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected," I commissioned a nationwide Zogby poll of Obama voters (512 Obama Voters 11/13/08-11/15/08 MOE +/- 4.4 points; 97.1% High School Graduate or higher, 55% College Graduates). The results follow.

Results to 12 simple Multiple Choice Questions

57.4% could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing)

81.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)

82.6% could NOT correctly say that Barack Obama won his first election by getting opponents kicked off the ballot (25% chance by guessing)

88.4% could NOT correctly say that Obama said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket (25% chance by guessing)

56.1% could NOT correctly say Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground (25% chance by guessing).

And yet.....

Only 13.7% failed to identify Sarah Palin as the person on which their party spent $150,000 in clothes

Only 6.2% failed to identify Palin as the one with a pregnant teenage daughter

And 86.9 % thought that Palin said that she could see Russia from her "house," even though that was Tina Fey who said that!!

Only 2.4% got at least 11 correct.

Only .5% got all of them correct. (And we "gave" one answer that was technically not Palin, but actually Tina Fey)

John Ziegler is a talk show host, commentator and producer based in Los Angeles.