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What Do Your TV Shows Say About Your Politics? These Two Charts Might Surprise You (Part 2)

Nov. 2, 2012 2:27pm Becket Adams

The following chart from BuzzFeed and Engage, a D.C.-based digital agency, illustrating the “politics of TV shows” holds some surprising (likely Romney voters watch Dr. Phil?) and not not-so-surprising (likely Obama voters just love, love, love “30 Rock”) results:

And here’s a completely unsurprising chart illustrating the network preferences of Romney and Obama supporters (likely Romney supporters prefer Fox? Likely Obama supporters prefer MSNBC? You don’t say!):

“The infographics use data from Engage’s Trendsetter app, a tool that cross-references polling data with influence and page ‘likes’ from Facebook,” BuzzFeed’s Ruby Cramer explains.

“Engage measures turnout by affinity toward politics and politicians, assuming that the more likely you are to ‘like’ a politician of any party on Facebook, the more probable it is you’ll vote on Nov. 6,” she adds.

Stay tuned. There are a lot more of these “politics of ____” infographs on the way.

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jungle J
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:21pm
broadcast tv watchers are mostly trolls.

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- FreedomPurveyor
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 6:51pm
  Wow, mostly liberals watch PBS? I wonder why Republicans don’t want to have to pay for it…
  
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- spikebu
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 3:18am
  So, those of us who don’t like anything on Facebook aren’t counted? That’s a large chunk of my generation. Huh.
  
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Wiley41
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:13pm
Pretty accurate, except “The Walking Dead” defintely should be on the right. I know anectdotally but all of my family and friends who are conservative watch this show. Plus it is riddled with self-reliance, independence, hunting, guns, family values and support, etc. all conservative vaules.

Its also a nice gem among all polictically left slanted shows on TV this last decade. So many shows I started watching, usually because wife wanted to watch them, and at first liked them; soon I cannot watch anymore because the writers take a big swing left. Recent examples, Glee, The Office, Futurama, 60 minutes, Extreme Homemaker, etc.

I was worried season 1 with the Merryl character, and thought oh great here is the stereotype white lower middle class red neck to be used as punching bag. However the writers masterfully countered this with his brother Darryl who has similiar background, but shows common sense, charity, and understanding like most red necks from my youth. Darryl has his prejudice and experience, but he is not a just a straw man, but rather gets along with others regardless of race, but based rather on their character and what they provide to the group.

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- cwgrltx22
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:42pm
  Totally agree….I know not one lefty who watches Walking Dead.
  
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- sparkyrules
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:59pm
  Good observation Wiley.I think Daryl will ultimately be one of the best survivors of the series.He’s always been leary of people/strangers in general,and its a good quality when chaos is everywhere.Reading between the lines.
  
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- PaxInVeritate
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 3:00am
  From my perspective all those shows you cited were left or far left from the get-go. Only one I’ve watched for any length of time was Futurama.
  
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- spikebu
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 3:52am
  Wiley, you sound like my husband! I agree. “The Walking Dead” should be on the right side of the screen. My daughter and I Watched the first two seasons of “Glee”. My husband hated it. He’d walk in the room, roll his eyes, and walk out. He was right. “Glee” is trash. My 18 year old daughter now rolls her eyes at it! I am a huge fan of the old Hollywood musicals. The new twists were too twisted for us. I think Rick is becoming more like Darryl every episode this season.
  
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- I Aint PC
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 9:24am
  The Walking Dead are the lefties. They mindlessly walk around chanting “Obama! Obama!”
  
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- DrSique
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:42pm
  Have to agree about “The Walking Dead” since I am a big fan and also strongly in the Romney camp. I am pretty sure that they got confused between the zombie show and the Obama zombies.
  
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Chuck Stein
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:01pm
“The infographics use data from Engage’s Trendsetter app, a tool that cross-references polling data with influence and page ‘likes’ from Facebook,”
So, those who don’t use Facebook and Facebook users who don’t do page “likes” are under-represented.

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- Wiley41
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:16pm
  Good point. I am frankly the only person I know who does not use Facebook and never have nor will create an account. Like my privacy too much.
  
  I would imagine that conservatives on the whole percentage-wise have lessFfacebook involvement.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:15pm
  ditto…. who gives a crap if some kid that used to sit next to you in Geometry recently had twins?
  
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sparkyrules
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:58pm
The Walking Dead and Mad Men are my favorite regular series.AMC does a fine job on producing these 2. Sons of Anarchy is fun to watch.
I’m conservative and strictly Roku with Netflix and Amazon Prime.free Local over the air channels.No more getting ripped from Direct TV ,Dish or Cable.I’ll decide what to watch when I want it,and at what price.I have radio and the internet for my news sources.

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TSUNAMI_22
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:45pm
It’s “The Walking Dead” for me at this point.

Revolution and Falling Skies are both too lame.

My all-time favorite series was “Black Sheep Squadron” mainly because they used actual real aircraft and real actors, not the sissified CGI nonsense.

I’d love to see a new show called “Real Housewives of NY get sand under their pristine fingernails”, or “Snooki’s fat-ass dumpster dives”. Now, those would be shows for me.

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- jungle J
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:19pm
  scary
  
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Aubelpark
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:36pm
the best POLITICAL PROTEST song in years … nice subtle message https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7IqbS27Sog …

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Mahtoska
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:35pm
Forgot to mention; I don’t watch TV, if its the current season I stream it online. Otherwise its Netflix all the way baby… no commercials… yeyeah!

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Mahtoska
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:32pm
10 seasons of NCIS (and JAG)! 6 seasons of Deadliest Catch. 3 seasons of Nikita. 3 Seasons of Leverage. Oh Yeah!!!

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Owt_Raged
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:20pm
I have NEVER watched NCIS and Walking Dead should be on the conservative side!!!! So should MNF, Grimm and anything on the Outdoor Network!

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- White Devil
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:52pm
  I totally agree! Walking Dead is really post-apocalyptic. I have no clue why that’s not on the conservative side. And Food Network and History Channel are both in the tank for Obama. Lesson learned: NEVER TRUST A POLL.
  
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tomacz
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:13pm
on my odeoncineplex double dolby digital 15.2 1968 panasonizenisansuiads 1991 color 200 wpc hecho en mejico evrything used,, watch anything but american Idol,cooper,couric,brian williams

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anothercomment
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:09pm
Wow, I absolutely love when my dining habits, my viewing habits and network preferences are used to assess my personal political preferences and likely voting habits…..especially when they are so very WRONG!

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Female
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:05pm
Or “the Walking Dead” and “Revolution” plus “Fringe”

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Southerner01
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:04pm
I watch college gameday and American pickers, but also watch walking dead and game of thrones. Not sure what that’s supposed to say about me, but I’d be more likely to vote for a tree stump than Obama. At least it would do no harm, which would be an improvement.

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TeresaJ
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:03pm
Conservatives don’t watch TV anymore? Shocking :)

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- QuincySmith
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:28pm
  I watch Fox News (and Business when Judge Andrew was on).
  
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Female
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:03pm
Where does survivor and the voice fall?

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Socco
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:01pm
You know why they’re called “programs”? Because thats what they do. Stop watching television ffs.

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RealManDad
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:57pm
What’s this??? Libs don’t watch the Weather Channel??? Developing . . .

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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:57pm
You may have missed this one, on how to vote:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/youscareme.asp

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- anothercomment
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:57pm
  WOW, is this spot on, WOW. And NYT never published it, hmm, wonder why?
  
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commonsense63
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:47pm
Dwight would be pissed that he’s to the left! It’s a conspiracy Dwight!

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Countrygirl1362
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:45pm
Does someone actually get paid to come up with this garbage? Don’t tell me they get a govt. grant to do this.

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The-Monk
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:41pm
I wonder what it would look like to do an overlay of these and the snack ones from yesterday and compare advertising on these stations…..

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djohn78
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:36pm
So liberals watch Star Trek and conservatives watch Syfy? I don’t watch either!

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Margyt
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:36pm
Looking at this, I’d say conservatives don’t watch TV and the few who do have cable or satellite.

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- katiefrankie
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 2:45am
  Ha ha ha! I work too much to watch tv, I refuse to pay for cable, and I really do prefer reading!!! My fave show is “Castle,” though, and I watch that on Hulu.com (while it’s still free, that is).
  
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sta
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:35pm
How about “Doctor Who” and “Sherlock”?

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- antitheist
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:09pm
  Well considering that Doctor Who is a British tv show, I would say it’s fairly liberal.
  
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gyro
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:33pm
its close

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