Poll Shows Public Sides With Palin Over Letterman

Cape Republican has been posting non-stop his opinion on how he views the battle is going politically for the governor from Alaska and David Letterman.  Yet he keeps on asserting his opinion as the truth and seems to imply that his opinion is representative of what the public thinks about this dispute between Governor Palin and David Letterman.  Well, we now have scientific polling that provides evidence that Cape Republican's opinion is just that....an opinion and one that has been rejected by a majority of Americans if you look at the following scientific poll objectively.

Look specifically for the change in Letterman's numbers among women, independents, and Republicans.  The following were David Letterman's favorables/unfavorables from a poll conducted on May 29-30.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/entertainment/2..._to_watch_conan_o_brien_on_tonight_show_but_carson_still_king

Letterman favorables/unfavorables on May 29-30

Overall: 50/38

Male: 49/36

Female: 51/39

GOP: 41/47

DEM: 55/32

INDY: 54/35 

The following are David Letterman's favorables/unfavorables from a poll conducted on June 14-15

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/entertainment/j.../64_say_comedians_shouldn_t_joke_about_children_of_public_figures

David Letterman Favorable/Unfavorables on June 14-15

Overall: 41/49

Male: 47/45

Women: 35/53

GOP: 20/75

DEM: 63/30

INDY: 35/48

Here is a blog entry from Robert Schlesinger talking about the poll results:

Poll Shows Public Sides With Palin Over LettermanBy Robert Schlesingerhttp://www.usnews.com/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2009/06/16/poll-shows-public-sides-with-palin-over-letterman.html

A new Rasmussen poll puts solid numbers around Sarah Palin’s victory over David Letterman. According to the survey, nearly two thirds of Americans (64 percent) say that late-night comedians should not target the children of politicians with jokes. (Letterman’s approval rating dropped from 49 percent last month to 41 percent this month, raising the question: Since when do we track the approval rating of late-night talk show hosts?) Of course, that solid majority didn’t seem terribly upset last fall when then-pregnant teen Bristol Palin was the target of never-ending late-night jokes from Letterman and his ilk. Maybe they meant to tell Rasmussen that pols’ children shouldn’t be the target of unfunny jokes?

My guess is that some of you will try to claim that Rasmussen is biased in favor of Republicans (laughable considering that Rasmussen pretty much nailed the 2004 and 2008 presidential election national polling) but upon an objective analysis of the scientific data, rather than opinion, I'll side with Schlesinger in declaring a victory for Governor Palin.