This video of a pollster asking questions of 12 Obama supporters on Election Day is instructive. It shows what average voters learn by reading, hearing and listening to the mainstream media.(HT: Power Line)
It's worth the ten minutes.
Update: Power Line provided more information about the poll behind the video with comments from John Hinderaker:
Here are some highlights of Zogby's poll of Obama voters:* 57 percent thought the Republicans still control Congress. Note that this is worse than a random result, since there are only two possible answers.
* Only 12 percent could identify Obama as the candidate who said that his energy policies would cause the cost of electricity to skyrocket.
The only issues on which the Obama voters were well-informed (or thought they were, anyway) had to do with Sarah Palin. Thus:
* 94 percent knew that Palin was the candidate with a pregnant teenage daughter, the highest correct score recorded by the Obama voters.
* Likewise, 86 percent knew that Palin was the candidate whose party bought her a $150,000 wardrobe.
Those answers suggest that the mainstream media's emphasis in this election was not exactly on the nuances of public policy. To be fair, though, they probably also reflect where the interests of Democratic voters tend to lie. This one is interesting:
* 87 percent said that Sarah Palin was the candidate who said she could see Russia from her house. Actually, it was Tina Fey who said that. Once again, though, it shows that Palin seemed to be the candidate who made the biggest impression, for better or worse.
It's worth noting that the Obama voters in Zogby's sample were 97 percent high school graduates and--rather shockingly--55 percent college graduates. It's almost enough to make you wonder about the future of democracy.
