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Go Woke, Go Broke: New Poll Shows Hollywood's Liberal Politics Are Alienating Viewers

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As Americans grow increasingly tired of the entertainment industry’s politicization, they continue to tune out in larger and larger numbers.

The results of this growing disillusionment can be seen with the recent success, or lack thereof, of Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards.

This year’s iteration of the awards show saw a 58.3 percent ratings drop from last year, making it the least-watched Academy Awards show of all time.

The findings of a new poll from The Daily Wire, provided to The Western Journal, suggest this drop in viewership is largely due to Hollywood’s repeated insistence to preach left-wing politics at every turn.

It is important to note, while the poll was commissioned by The Daily Wire, it is not a poll of Daily Wire members.

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Rather, SurveyMonkey conducted the poll by sampling 1,203 adults from April 21-22 with a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points. Thirty-five percent of respondents were Democrats, 32 percent were Republicans and 33 percent were independent voters.

The Daily Wire’s editor emeritus, Ben Shapiro, believes the poll’s findings are relatively straightforward.

“It’s clear from the polling and the Oscars’ abysmal ratings that Americans are tired of Hollywood shoving their woke politics down their throats,” Shapiro told The Western Journal.

Chief among the poll’s findings were that award shows have become too politicized.

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Seventy-one percent of respondents, including majorities among Democrats and non-white Americans, agreed with the statement, “Award winners should avoid making political speeches and comments while accepting their award.”

The poll also found that both Democrats and Republicans had decided to skip watching the Oscars this year, albeit for different reasons.

Seventy-one percent of Republican respondents said they either “definitely will not watch” the show (47 percent) or “probably will not watch” it (24 percent).

Similarly, 49 percent of Democrats reported being unlikely to watch the show, with 20 percent saying they “definitely” would not and 29 percent saying they “probably” would not.

The three main reasons Democrats gave for skipping the award show this year were, “I typically don’t watch award shows” (60 percent); “The show is too boring” (34 percent); and “none of my favorite movies are nominated” (15 percent).

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For Republicans, 63 percent planned to skip the Oscars because “The show has become too political.”

Additionally, respondents were presented with a list of complaints about the show and asked which of the statements they agreed with.

The three most agreed-with complaints were quite telling of the award show’s current lack of appeal.

Thirty-nine percent of respondents agreed that the show is too long, 36 percent agreed that it is too politically correct and 29 percent concurred that the Oscars “nominate too many artsy movies that most people don’t watch.”

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Michael wrote for a number of entertainment news outlets before joining The Western Journal in 2020 as a staff reporter. He now manages the writing and reporting teams, overseeing the production of commentary, news and original reporting content.
Michael Austin graduated from Iowa State University in 2019. During his time in college, Michael volunteered as a social media influencer for both PragerU and Live Action. After graduation, he went on to work as a freelance journalist for various entertainment news sites before joining The Western Journal in 2020 as a staff reporter.

Since then, Michael has been promoted to the role of Manager of Writing and Reporting. His responsibilities now include managing and directing the production of commentary, news and original reporting content.
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