Watching History
January 21, 2009
| 5:30 PM
A USA Today/Gallup poll released this p.m. shows three in five U.S. adults watched Pres. Obama's inauguration ceremonies as they occurred, up from two in five in 1/05. Another 20% watched news reports about the 1/20 ceremonies, down from about one in three (33%) adults in 1/05.
Among the 80% who watched live or saw news reports yesterday, 81% said Obama's speech was excellent or good. Four years ago, 62% of the corresponding group said the same about George W. Bush's speech. What's more, 62% of all adults said yesterday's inauguration made them feel more hopeful about the future, up from 43% in 1/05.
The poll was conducted 1/20 among 1,012 nat'l adults and has margin of error +/- 3.1%.
(MATTHEW GOTTLIEB)
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