| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #15137 |
| 1 | Which film would you give the Oscar to for best picture at the Academy Awards? The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? Frost/Nixon? Milk? The Reader? Or Slumdog Millionaire? |
| 1000 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Region | |||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.2% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Northeas | Midwest | South | West | |
| Benjamin Button | 33% | 30% | 35% | 35% | 30% | 34% | 30% | 33% | 32% | 32% | 48% | 32% | 18% | 35% | 29% | 38% | 26% |
| Frost/Nixon | 10% | 13% | 7% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 13% | 9% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 11% | 15% | 9% | 7% |
| Milk | 8% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 10% | 7% | 10% | 9% | 4% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 13% |
| The Reader | 9% | 7% | 11% | 5% | 10% | 11% | 14% | 7% | 12% | 10% | 5% | 10% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 9% |
| Slumdog | 21% | 20% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 20% | 15% | 24% | 18% | 20% | 14% | 30% | 35% | 22% | 20% | 20% | 26% |
| Not Sure | 18% | 21% | 15% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 18% | 19% | 17% | 18% | 19% | 13% | 26% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 27% | 27% | 14% | 59% | 41% | 72% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 19% | 23% | 36% | 22% |
| 2 | Who would you give the Oscar for Best Actor? Richard Jenkins in The Visitor? Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon? Sean Penn in Milk? Brad Pitt in the Curious Case of Benjamin Button? or Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler? |
| 1000 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Region | |||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.2% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Northeas | Midwest | South | West | |
| Jenkins | 4% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 9% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 4% |
| Langella | 8% | 10% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 11% | 11% | 7% | 11% | 10% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Penn | 19% | 15% | 23% | 12% | 24% | 22% | 23% | 18% | 22% | 21% | 17% | 12% | 20% | 23% | 19% | 15% | 23% |
| Pitt | 36% | 30% | 42% | 48% | 26% | 34% | 31% | 38% | 33% | 30% | 58% | 49% | 38% | 32% | 37% | 41% | 29% |
| Rourke | 25% | 33% | 17% | 26% | 29% | 23% | 18% | 28% | 21% | 27% | 10% | 22% | 33% | 23% | 23% | 24% | 31% |
| Not Sure | 7% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 7% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 27% | 27% | 14% | 59% | 41% | 72% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 19% | 23% | 36% | 22% |
| 3 | Who would you give the Oscar for Best Actress? Anne Hathaway in Rachel Gets Married? Angelina Jolie in The Changeling? Melissa Leo in Frozen River? Meryl Streep in Doubt? Or Kate Winslet in The Reader? |
| 1000 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Region | |||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.2% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Northeas | Midwest | South | West | |
| Hathaway | 11% | 9% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 15% | 15% | 7% | 14% | 11% | 11% |
| Jolie | 26% | 29% | 24% | 37% | 22% | 22% | 16% | 30% | 20% | 21% | 48% | 43% | 18% | 26% | 28% | 27% | 22% |
| Leo | 4% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 5% |
| Streep | 26% | 23% | 30% | 18% | 25% | 32% | 38% | 21% | 34% | 30% | 18% | 16% | 22% | 29% | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Winslet | 25% | 24% | 26% | 23% | 27% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 25% | 28% | 10% | 19% | 29% | 30% | 19% | 23% | 30% |
| Not Sure | 8% | 11% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 11% | 6% | 14% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 6% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 27% | 27% | 14% | 59% | 41% | 72% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 19% | 23% | 36% | 22% |
| 4 | How many of this year's best picture nominees have you seen? One? Two? Three? Four? All five? Or none of them? |
| 1000 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Region | |||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.2% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Northeas | Midwest | South | West | |
| One | 10% | 7% | 12% | 8% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 6% | 9% | 11% | 12% |
| Two | 14% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 12% | 12% | 17% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 17% | 10% | 14% | 15% | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Three | 19% | 19% | 19% | 14% | 20% | 24% | 21% | 17% | 23% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 35% | 20% | 18% | 19% | 21% |
| Four | 11% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 8% |
| Five | 17% | 20% | 14% | 21% | 18% | 14% | 10% | 19% | 13% | 13% | 21% | 35% | 16% | 17% | 17% | 18% | 14% |
| None | 28% | 28% | 28% | 27% | 28% | 27% | 33% | 28% | 29% | 33% | 16% | 12% | 17% | 27% | 31% | 27% | 29% |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 27% | 27% | 14% | 59% | 41% | 72% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 19% | 23% | 36% | 22% |
| 5 | The Oscars air Sunday night. Will watch all of the show? Some of it? Or none of it? |
| 1000 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Region | |||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.2% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Northeas | Midwest | South | West | |
| All Of It | 37% | 33% | 40% | 42% | 29% | 36% | 41% | 36% | 38% | 33% | 53% | 50% | 27% | 37% | 36% | 38% | 36% |
| Some Of It | 38% | 35% | 41% | 33% | 42% | 42% | 37% | 37% | 40% | 40% | 33% | 32% | 43% | 42% | 34% | 39% | 38% |
| None Of It | 22% | 28% | 16% | 21% | 26% | 21% | 17% | 24% | 19% | 24% | 11% | 16% | 25% | 18% | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| Not Sure | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 27% | 27% | 14% | 59% | 41% | 72% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 19% | 23% | 36% | 22% |
| 6 | Will you watch the Red Carpet Arrivals before the show? |
| 1000 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Region | |||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.2% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Northeas | Midwest | South | West | |
| Yes | 48% | 37% | 58% | 51% | 42% | 46% | 56% | 47% | 50% | 45% | 69% | 47% | 44% | 53% | 49% | 47% | 43% |
| No | 47% | 56% | 39% | 40% | 54% | 53% | 39% | 47% | 48% | 52% | 30% | 32% | 55% | 43% | 49% | 47% | 49% |
| Not Sure | 5% | 7% | 3% | 9% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 21% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 6% | 8% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 48% | 52% | 32% | 27% | 27% | 14% | 59% | 41% | 72% | 11% | 11% | 6% | 19% | 23% | 36% | 22% |
| 7 | What do you like best about the Red Carpet? The celebrity interviews? Seeing what the celebrities are wearing? Or both equally? |
| 478 Who Will Watch Red Carpet | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Region | |||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.6% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Northeas | Midwest | South | West | |
| Interviews | 16% | 25% | 10% | 15% | 17% | 14% | 18% | 16% | 15% | 16% | 10% | 26% | 15% | 16% | 17% | 11% | 21% |
| Clothes | 30% | 17% | 37% | 34% | 25% | 30% | 28% | 30% | 29% | 27% | 34% | 33% | 43% | 28% | 30% | 31% | 28% |
| Both Equally | 53% | 55% | 52% | 51% | 57% | 54% | 48% | 54% | 52% | 56% | 57% | 38% | 40% | 56% | 49% | 56% | 49% |
| Not Sure | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 6% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 2% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Who Will Watch Red Carpet | 100% | 37% | 63% | 34% | 23% | 26% | 17% | 58% | 42% | 68% | 16% | 11% | 5% | 21% | 23% | 36% | 20% |