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July 26, 2004
| Are Voters Ignoring Fahrenheit 9/11?

Swiss Info / Reuters claims voters are ingoring Fahrenheit 9/11

A Los Angeles Times poll of likely voters published on Friday showed that “Fahrenheit” is drawing an overwhelmingly Democratic audience and that few Republicans who have seen the movie appear to have been swayed.

The findings support the contention of conservative critics that in terms of its political influence, “Fahrenheit 9/11” is unlikely to go beyond preaching to the Democratic faithful.

Just 9 percent of 1,529 registered voters surveyed nationwide July 17-21 had seen the film, which lambastes President George W. Bush for his response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on America and his reasons for going to war in Iraq, the Times said.

Of those who had seen the movie, 78 percent identified themselves as Democrats, 9 percent as political independents and 6 percent as Republicans, the Times said. Ninety seven percent said they were planning to vote for presumed Democratic nominee John Kerry.

In addition, 79 percent of those who had seen Moore’s film said it would not change how they vote in November, though 18 percent said it made them more likely to vote against Bush and 3 percent said it bolstered their resolve to vote for the president, the newspaper said.



Posted by Alan at July 26, 2004 07:56 AM | TrackBack
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F9/11 just passed $100 million in the box office.

This documentary did that in IIRC 1/3 of the screens that a similar grossing film would have performed in.

It’s also the highest grossing documentary of all time.

I’m rather dubious about this paper’s claims. And sionce when did the righties begin taking Reuters seriously LOL?

Posted by: Vince [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 26, 2004 08:41 AM

I saw the movie on opening night with a client who is Canadian. He was stunned. Throughout the movie, he kept shaking his head and saying, “I had no idea.” Afterwards he said, “It’s worse than we thought. I hope everyone in America will see this film.”

Posted by: Jake51 [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 26, 2004 10:44 AM

While F9/11 has passed Jackass on the dollars list, it’s still behind “Triumph of a Will” on the tickets-sold list.

Posted by: Andy Freeman [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 26, 2004 10:48 PM

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