Male rock fans likely to vote Republican

Randall Flagg

Male rock fans likely to vote Republican: survey By Sue Zeidler
2 hours, 47 minutes ago
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If you are male and a Led Zeppelin fan, chances are you may be leaning toward voting Republican in the U.S. presidential election, according to a survey of rock radio fans released on Wednesday.

The Jacobs Media's Media/Technology Web Poll IV of more than 27,000 respondents cited stronger than expected interest in the November 2008 election among fans of rock, classic rock, and alternative radio stations.

It also found that John McCain, the Republican candidate for U.S. president, was the top pick for the Oval Office for men and classic rock partisans -- those people who tune in to stations playing music from the "original classic rock era" of 1964 to 1975, comprised of bands like Led Zeppelin, The Who and Pink Floyd.

Jacobs Media said the survey, conducted among 69 U.S. rock-formatted stations in markets as diverse as Los Angeles and Knoxville to Buffalo, found 84 percent of the respondents planned to vote in the November election.

"People are clearly engaged by this election, even rockers. A lot of stations tend to shy away from politics because it's so polarizing, but this data suggests they'd better find a way to talk about politics this fall to keep listeners interested," said Fred Jacobs, president of Jacobs Media. He said the company threw the political questions in as an afterthought and was surprised by the results.

The survey was conducted in late February and early March.

About 30 percent of the respondents called themselves Democrats, while nearly 22 percent described their politics as Republican and 21 percent declared they were independents.

About 26 percent of the respondents either named a different party, preferred not to answer, or refused to categorize themselves.

The survey found women and fans of alternative radio, featuring '80s and '90s rock, tend to be Democratic, while men and classic rockers lean Republican.

Asked about their overall presidential preference, Democrat Barack Obama led the pack with 26 percent support among those planning on voting in the November election.

McCain ranked second with 22 percent and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton drew 18 percent.

There were also a fair share of write-in votes. Mickey Mouse ranked as the top presidential choice of 11 respondents, and singer Ted Nugent was written in by three members of the Rock sample.

(Editing by Mohammad Zargham)

(To read more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters "Tales from the Trail: 2008" online at http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/)

tejastech08

Absolutely hilarious.

Randall Flagg

Not nearly as funny as the people who think Obama will be the next President and not nearly as hysterical as those who think Obama would be a good one.

tejastech08

Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd...their actions and words are in direct contradiction with the "morals" of Republicans. I'm not exactly sure what the hell it has to do with your diatribe against Obama supporters, but whatever.

alexh0618

I'm a male and listen to rock music and I dont vote republican.

Randall Flagg

Goverment control, political correctness, these values of the Democratic party all go against the image of rock n' roll. C'mon, even a Democrat can admit that all things considered, they're the "pussies." Bleeding heart and all.

I'm really just joshing ya. The numbers show that it's not that far off between the parties. All it means is that people can like different kinds of music and have different politics. I'm sure there are plenty off country fans out there who vote Democrat. But statistically, more men vote Republican than Democrat, so it would make sense that male rock fans have a slight favor towards Republican candidates. I'm sure if they did a study on female rock fans it would go Democrat.

DoubleTalkingJive

Randall Flagg wrote:

Not nearly as funny as the people who think Obama will be the next President and not nearly as hysterical as those who think Obama would be a good one.

I never post in this section but this statement is right on!

tejastech08

Randall Flagg wrote:

Goverment control, political correctness, these values of the Democratic party all go against the image of rock n' roll. C'mon, even a Democrat can admit that all things considered, they're the "pussies." Bleeding heart and all.
I'm really just joshing ya. The numbers show that it's not that far off between the parties. All it means is that people can like different kinds of music and have different politics. I'm sure there are plenty off country fans out there who vote Democrat. But statistically, more men vote Republican than Democrat, so it would make sense that male rock fans have a slight favor towards Republican candidates. I'm sure if they did a study on female rock fans it would go Democrat.

I'm not a Democrat. I just hate the right wing, which oh by the way has hijacked the Republican Party.

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