Viewers and listeners respond to the partisan slant Fox and other conservative outlets present. More than half of Fox news watchers identify as politically conservative, with higher levels of conservatism among viewers of Fox News' top programs. Fully 80% of Rush Limbaugh listeners identify themselves as conservatives, compared to 35% of Americans as a whole. Demographics track what one would expect from the partisan skew. The average age of a Fox News Channel viewer is over 65 years, while conservative talk radio listeners average 67 years of age. Less than 2% of Fox viewers are African-American.
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The above quotations are from The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism, by Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williams. Click here for other excerpts from The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism, by Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williams. Click here for other excerpts by Rush Limbaugh. Click here for a profile of Rush Limbaugh.
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