Politics and Video Games

Liberals like Madden, conservatives like Mario finds a poll that looks at how political preference affects entertainment choices.

It turns out liberals and conservatives can agree on something: Mario!

This was the finding a poll conducted by Zogby International that looked at whether personal politics affected entertainment choices.

In the round-up, they found people who conservative leanings feel a lot of entertainment doesn't reflect their values and apparently they aren't big on video games either. But when they play, they're all about Madden and Mario.

The latter choice seems a little strange, since Mario is suspected of being a communist.

But I digress.

Liberals, the poll found, enjoy more variety in entertainment and they play more video games. Their favourites, according to Zogby: Mario and The Sims.

Finally, the poll found that political moderates prefer Donkey Kong, Madden and...Mario - yet again.

All this considered, I have to stop and wonder how the poll was conducted. Did they only give respondent's five games to choose from? While Mario is obviously one of the most popular game characters of all time, you'd think there'd be some mention of say Zelda or Halo.

Along with that, there are more than three political persuasions. What about libertarians? Though, I'm guessing they're the ones who are into Grand Theft Auto.