[Bob Harris, PollingReport.com]

Of Americans over 18:

40% believe the media was biased in favor of Bill Clinton
34% think Rock and Roll has had an overall negative impact on America
33% believe a wife should “submit herself graciously” to a husband
30% say the Bible is the “actual word of God” to be taken literally
29% think people will be “more likely” to afford college for their kids in 2020
28% disapprove of labor unions on principle
28% say the government should have the right to control news reports
27% believe divorce is “morally wrong”
26% thought various disasters in 1999 might “foreshadow the wrath of God”
26% think grade-school teachers should be allowed to spank their kids
24% describe themselves as interested in what celebrities think
21% told a pollster they’d never met that they had cheated in a relationship
21% say justice was served in the O.J. Simpson case
20% believe that the killing of civilians in Vietnam was “relatively rare”
12% think the United States should have a British-style royal family
11% stockpiled food and water in advance of Y2K
11% think “Titanic” was the best American movie of the 20th century
11% would like “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” as their personal physician
10% would eat a rat or an insect on a “reality” TV show
10% think it’s advantageous to be a woman in American society
10% say they are “very likely” to become rich someday
8% could not name a single TV network
8% fear they are “very likely” to be shot or badly hurt by a stranger
7% think Elvis is possibly still alive
6% say Garth Brooks is the best male singer of the 20th century
5% are very afraid of thunder and lightning
5% would be “more likely” to buy food labeled as genetically modified
3% wanted to see the questions on “Millionaire” become less difficult

posted June 17, 2003 04:46 PM (Politics) #

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