Pollster Frank Luntz Examines 'Sex In America' for Playboy's February Issue
11 January 2008 - 4:28AM
PR Newswire (US)
The Exclusive Survey Reveals a Country United by Similar Sexual
Views CHICAGO, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The United States
may be divided on social and cultural issues, but according to
Playboy magazine's exclusive nationwide "Politics of Sex" poll by
Frank Luntz, voters in both blue states and red states are
surprisingly united when it comes to sexual matters, and there is
less separation in the bedroom than originally thought (issue on
newsstands and at http://www.playboydigital.com/ Friday, January
11). "Today in America there may seem to be little or no consensus
on matters of policy or politics. But according to the results of
Playboy's 'Politics of Sex' survey, all you have to do is change
the subject from what happens on Capitol Hill to what happens
between the sheets, and the political chasm is bridged by
unexpectedly similar sexual views," said Luntz in the magazine's
February issue. "Social and cultural issues still divide us by
gender, age and race, but on that most intimate of personal issues
we are surprisingly united. Has the end of one revolution marked
the beginning of another? Instead of 'Make love, not war,' today's
slogan could be 'Let's stop arguing and go to bed.'" Following are
selected results from Luntz' survey: -- More people under 40 have
sex at least once a week than vote for president once every four
years. -- 25 percent of all Republicans and 35 percent of all
Democrats have had more than 10 sexual partners in their lifetime-a
higher percentage than vote in congressional and local elections.
-- 55 percent of Republicans have sex at least once a week,
compared with just 43 percent of Democrats. -- 14 percent of
Thompson supporters and 12 percent of Obama supporters claim to
have sex "almost every day." 5 percent of Clinton and Giuliani
supporters have sex that frequently. -- On average, Republicans say
they were 18.4 years old when they first had sex. Independents were
17.6 and Democrats 17.5. -- 58 percent of respondents think Bill
Clinton was the sexiest president of the past 40 years; Ronald
Reagan is second, with 22 percent. 38 percent say Richard Nixon was
the least sexy; Bill Clinton is second, with 18 percent. -- 23
percent of all Republicans and 24 percent of all Democrats would
"definitely" or "probably" say yes to a one-night stand in the Oval
Office with a president they found physically and sexually
attractive. -- 51 percent of all Republicans and 67 percent of all
Democrats have watched porn with their sexual partners. -- 55
percent of people who attend church every week consider themselves
to be "sexually adventurous." -- Americans of both parties say they
are more turned on by intelligence than by physical appearance. All
findings were based on a nationally representative survey of 900
registered voters between the ages of 18 and 65, all of whom are
very likely to vote in the 2008 Presidential election. DATASOURCE:
Playboy CONTACT: Theresa Hennessey of Playboy, +1-312-373-2444, Web
site: http://www.playboydigital.com/
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