Attempting to be culturally relevant, Public Policy Polling included questions about “Sharknado” and Miley Cyrus as part of its most recent opinion poll of North Carolina voters.
First, on Syfy’s “Sharknado,” the poll found that only 11 percent of North Carolinians would support $50 million in federal tax dollars going toward the “Sharknado”-ravaged state of California. Whereas 55 percent opposed such funding and 34 percent weren’t sure.
Also dealing with a hypothetical “Sharknado,” pollsters found that only 13 percent of North Carolina voters supported $50 million in federal research dollars going toward the theory of “whether tornadoes can be dissipated by throwing bombs into them,” a profound concept first introduced in the low-budget film. Mirroring the other “Sharknado” poll results, 66 percent of North Carolina voters opposed their tax dollars being used in this fashion, while 21 percent weren’t sure.
Now, onto more pop culture, PPP asked voters if Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the U.S.A.” should replace the “Star Spangled Banner” as the country’s national anthem. Only 3 percent–which was within the margin of error–said they’d support such a switch, while 92 percent opposed the move. Four percent of respondents said they weren’t sure.
Survey respondents were split pretty much down the middle politically–48 percent said they had voted for Barack Obama, while 48 percent voted for Mitt Romney.
That being said, a majority of all respondents seemed to be in agreement over one particular Democrat. Sixty-seven percent said they would never again, under any circumstances, vote for North Carolina Democrat John Edwards. This makes it very unlikely that Edwards will be able to join the political redemption club of Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., and maybe New York pols Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner.
