NPR is doing a story about legalization of marijuana, which I should confess, I haven't read or listened to. But you can - here.
I did, however, look at the poll results. I was expected something like 60% in favor, because, honestly, we all know the political persuasion of the average NPR listener. Instead, it was much, much, higher. See?
Either NPR fans are way farther to the left than I expected or the people who follow NPR online are not representative of the larger listening audience. Which, now that I think of it, makes sense. I guess a lot of the elderly fans haven't quite figured out how to access the wide world of internet polls.
That's all I got today. Just thought I'd share.
I did, however, look at the poll results. I was expected something like 60% in favor, because, honestly, we all know the political persuasion of the average NPR listener. Instead, it was much, much, higher. See?
Either NPR fans are way farther to the left than I expected or the people who follow NPR online are not representative of the larger listening audience. Which, now that I think of it, makes sense. I guess a lot of the elderly fans haven't quite figured out how to access the wide world of internet polls.
That's all I got today. Just thought I'd share.
3 comments:
I think you've made an excellent point about the age of online listeners. There's also the whole "who feels strongly enough to vote?" question to consider.
Is this related to your plans to become a hippy and move to Hamburg?
A lot of the older listeners (60+) might have been old enough to be flower children and pot smoking hippies.
Also, I think a lot of people think marajuana should be legalized for medical use.
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