Harvard IOP: Stewart vs. Colbert

This was too interesting not to post right away. As part of their survey, and in recognition that many young people allegedly get their news from Comedy Central, the IOP asked their 2000 + respondents whether they preferred Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert (or neither). The responses were interesting to say the least.

Apparently Colbert pics up the youthiest of the youth vote (18 and 19 year olds), as well as young Republicans/conservatives and young religious voters. Stewart pics up the older respondents and the more died-in-the-wool liberals. Those Colbert viewers know it's satire, right?

Bizarro world viewership stats aside, I think it's most telling that a plurality of young people don't know or don't care about Stewart and Colbert. We are definitely living in a niche world, and Stewart and Colbert are not the modern day Walter Cronkite, however much we might like it to be so.