The average person probably doesn’t know who is running for election in local races.
RE: The average person probably doesn’t know who is running for election in local races.
To make matters worse, there are a lot of Americans ( even in the so called sophisticated city of New York, the financial capital of the world ) who don;t even know WHO is running against Romney, or even whether Paul Ryan is a Republican or Democrat.
Watch Howard Sterns recent — MAN ON THE STREET INTERVIEW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYG6wDO3XVs
Remember back in 2008 when shock jock Howard Stern had his associates conduct “man on the street” interviews with Obama supporters? We’re sure you do. The results were both hilarious and depressing (depending on your political persuasion, of course).
Why were the results of the 2008 experiment hilarious/depressing? Because it became painfully clear that many of the people interviewed by Stern’s team had absolutely no idea what they were talking about or why they were supporting candidate Obama.
And if you thought it was funny (and/or depressing) in 2008, you’ll really enjoy the 2012 edition. Yes, Stern’s cohort once again descends on Harlem to ask a fistful of Obama supporters about the president, his accomplishments, and his GOP rival Mitt Romney.
What did the Stern crew learn? Well, among other things, they discover Osama Bin Laden isn’t dead, Romney is pro-choice, Obama is pro-life, and Paul Ryan is Obama’s running mate.
Now, it would unfair to say that the folks heard in the following video are representative of all Obama supporters. It’s a small group of very similar people. Even Stern admits they didn’t interview a diverse group. In addition, the interviewer does set up some of the questions in a leading way. So take the results with a grain of salt: