In addition to the McClatchy-Ipsos poll, Gallup also did a recent poll that had a few questions about Fats Limbaugh and he really isn't very popular with most Americans.
Limbaugh Well-Liked by Many, but Not All, Republicans
Strong majority of Democrats have negative opinions of the conservative talk-show host
February 5, 2009
Although a clear majority of 60% of Republicans have a favorable opinion of Limbaugh, a not-insignificant 23% have an unfavorable opinion. Seventeen percent of Republicans say they have no opinion of Limbaugh either way (either because they haven't heard of him or don't know enough about him to say).
Almost a third of Democrats say they have no opinion of Limbaugh, but negative views of him among Democrats outweigh positive opinions by more than a 10-to-1 ratio. Among independents, negatives outweigh positives by a 45% to 25% margin.
These results are close what Gallup found almost 6 years ago:
A poll by Democracy Corps puts the matter a little more directly:
...voters view Limbaugh negatively by a two-to-one ratio (53 to 26 percent), with nearly half the country, 45 percent, viewing him very, very negatively. Among independents, the ratio rises to three-to-one. More important are the values that Limbaugh espouses. By a nearly two-to-one ratio (57 to 32 percent) a majority of voters – and independents – say Limbaugh does not “share their values,” but Republicans are in a different world where, by two-to-one, they believe he shares them.
So, who's still afraid of the Big Bad Fats?
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