2011-01-23-皮尤-Most_Intend_to_Watch_Obama_s_State_of_the_Union_6页_34kb

Summary

• Percentage Watching Speech: 61% of adults plan to watch President Obama's State of the Union address, with 54% watching on TV and 7% online.
• Partisanship: Democrats are most likely to watch (74%), followed by Independents (58%) and Republicans (54%).
• Importance Assessment: 53% view the speech as about as important as past years, while 28% consider it more important and 11% less important.
• Partisan View on Importance: Democrats are more likely to see the speech as more important (39%) than Independents (28%) or Republicans (20%).
• Impact of Past Events: Similar interest as in surveys before the Tucson shooting; previously higher importance noted after 9/11 and amidst Iraq war concerns.
• Historical Precedents: Historically, Bush's State of the Union was seen more important during critical periods like 9/11 and leading up to the Iraq War.
• Survey Details: Conducted among 1001 adults, telephone interviews. Data includes weighting to match demographic parameters from census data.
• Margin of Error: Since sample size is 1001, the margin of error at 95% confidence is approximately 4 percentage points for the total sample.
• Proposal Awareness: Not much partisan difference in awareness of the proposal to have Dems and Reps sit together during the speech; most have heard about it.