So we're driving back from a shoot (Jason and I are doing this documentary project ... long story...) and we turn on the local liberal radio channel (yes, as in most places, there's only one.) Thom Hartmann, a very smart guy I must say (I had never heard his show until the local Clear Channel PD dumped Ed Schultz and put him on at noon) decided to do a "flash poll." He cleared the lines, and asked callers for next three minutes to give their zip code, and say which candidated they would vote for if the election was held today. The results were pretty staggering:
Obama - 42
Hillary - 8
McCain - are you kidding? This is an Air America show!
Not scientific, by any means, and not a large enough sample to be even close. But it sure was interesting to listen for the Hillary folk buried in a sea of Obamaphiles. Frankly, because Hartmann is so intellectual (not kissing up here, he really is,) I suspect that his audience is a little more upscale, more college educated, etc., and that spells Obama voter. But I also have noticed a decided Obama bent on other left of center programs, and on the "meathead" program, (Schultz) too.
Just sayin...Labels: 2008 election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, presidential candidates, talk radio, Thom Hartmann |
