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A new poll by McClatchy/Ipsos, which will be released today, shows that conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh is not too popular among the general public.
Roughly one of three Americans has a favorable opinion of the conservative talk radio king, while about half have an unfavorable opinion, according to the poll.
This echoes the results of a poll by Democratic polling firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, commissioned by Democracy Corps. From the memo of the Greenberg Quinlan Rosner poll:
Remarkably, 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. Meanwhile, Limbaugh’s rating has deteriorated among moderate Republicans since November’s election, with his unfavorability rising from 37 to 46 percent.
Limbaugh has been, of course, called the leader of the Republican Party by Democrats and left-leaning pundits in the past few weeks, especially since his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference. At that speech, Limbaugh said he wanted Obama and his policies to fail.
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel went one step further, saying on Face the Nation a couple of weeks ago of Limbaugh, “He is the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party.”
New Mexico Democratic Party Chairman Brian Colón referred to the Republican Party as the “Party of Rush” in an e-mail to supporters earlier this month.
The McClatchy story on the McClatchy/Ipsos poll added one final dig at the end:
And the president’s approval rating? Sixty-five percent.
