Poll: Americans prefer Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart over conservative pundits

Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart
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The results are in: Jon Stewart is America's favorite pundit.

A new Reuters/Ipsos online poll of 2,013 adults found that more than half of respondents agreed with Stewart on "some" issues, and just 12 percent of respondents didn't agree with him on any issues. That's a lot better than most conservative pundits fared in the poll — only 34 percent of respondents agreed with Rush Limbaugh, for example.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.