Favorite TV Shows Of Different Political Factions

If you are an ultra-liberal “Super-Democrat,” your favorite TV show is The Daily Show (no surprise there). If you are an “On-the-Fence Liberal,” your favorite show is the Graham Norton Show (that of the flamboyantly gay variety show host). If you are an “ultra-conservative,” your favorite TV watching is college football. If you are a “mild Republican,” you like Rules of Engagement. If you are a “Green Traditionalist,” you like Lizard Lick Towing, as well as other reality shows (contrary to the image or self-image of crunchy conservatives being all intellectual and sophisticated).

So says a study that gives the top 20 TV shows for each political category. Find yourself, if you can. (I found no category for someone who watches the few eclectic shows that I prefer.) But assuming this is, in the aggregate, correct, what can you learn about the different groups based on the TV shows they watch? (For example, “Super Democrats” seem to be the main ones subscribing to premium channels like HBO and Showtime. What does that mean? And why would crunch-cons like reality shows?) After the jump is the entire list.

SUPER-DEMOCRATS

1. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

2. The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)

3. 30 Rock (NBC)

4. Shameless (Showtime)

5. Modern Family (ABC)

6. Game of Thrones (HBO)

7. Project Runway (Lifetime)

8. Saturday Night Live (NBC)

9. Parks and Recreation (NBC)

10. The Soup (E!)

11. Parenthood (NBC)

12. The Killing (AMC)

13. Mad Men (AMC)

14. Watch What Happens Live (Bravo)

15. Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel)

16. Chelsea Lately (E!)

17. Tosh.0 (Comedy Central)

18. Glee (Fox)

19. Millionaire Matchmaker (Bravo)

20. Hockey Central (Versus)

ULTRA-CONSERVATIVES

1. College football regular season (ESPN)

2. Antiques Roadshow (PBS)

3. Today With Kathie Lee & Hoda (NBC)

4. College football regular season (ESPN2)

5. Dancing With the Stars: Results Show (ABC)

6. NCIS (CBS)

7. Undercover Boss (CBS)

8. Hawaii Five-O (CBS)

9. Wheel of Fortune (syndicated)

10. ABC Saturday night college football (ABC)

11. Today (NBC)

12. Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

13. Big 12 college football (FSN)

14. Property Brothers (HGTV)

15. House Hunters ( HGTV)

16. The Biggest Loser (NBC)

17. Shark Tank (ABC)

18. The Bachelor (ABC)

19. College basketball regular season (ESPN2)

20. Days of Our Lives (NBC)

MILD REPUBLICANS

1. Rules of Engagement (CBS)

2. Sons of Guns (Discovery)

3. Brad Meltzer’s Decoded (History)

4. Sons of Anarchy (FX)

5. Tosh.O (Comedy Central)

6. The Glades (A&E)

7. Gold Rush (Discovery)

8. Deadliest Catch (Discovery)

9. Pawn Stars (History)

10. Holmes Inspection (HGTV)

11. Storage Wars (HGTV)

12. The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

13. American Pickers (History)

14. Top Shot (History)

15. American Restoration (History)

16. The Soup (E!)

17. Chelsea Lately (E!)

18. TMZ (syndicated)

19. Two and a Half Men (CBS)

20. Revenge (ABC)

GREEN TRADITIONALISTS

1. Lizard Lick Towing (truTV)

2. Extreme Couponing (TLC)

3. Four Weddings (TLC)

4. Covert Affairs (USA)

5. Blue Bloods (CBS)

6. The Mentalist (syndicated)

7. 19 Kids and Counting (TLC)

8. White Collar (USA)

9. Hot in Cleveland (TV Land)

10. Minute to Win It (NBC)

11. Little Couple (TLC)

12. Rizzoli & Isles (TNT)

13. The Closer (TNT)

14. Storage Hunters (truTV)

15. Castle (ABC)

16. Hawaii Five-O (CBS)

17. College football regular season (ESPN2)

18. Only in America With Larry the Cable Guy (History)

19. Nova (PBS)

20. Hoarding: Buried Alive (TLC)

ON-THE-FENCE LIBERALS

1. The Graham Norton Show (BBC America)

2. Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Adult Swim)

3. Top Gear (BBC America)

4. Tosh.O (Comedy Central)

5. American Dad (Fox)

6. Robot Chicken (Adult Swim)

7. Wilfred (FX)

8. Futurama (Comedy Central)

9. Bob’s Burgers (Fox)

10. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)

11. Louie (FX)

12. Ink Master (Spike)

13. The Simpsons (Fox)

14. Up All Night (NBC)

15. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

16. Squidbillies (Adult Swim)

17. Breaking Bad (AMC)

18. The Soup (E!)

19. Weeds (Showtime)

20. The Office (NBC)

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