FLEMINGTON, N.J., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Self-described church-going viewers saw President Bush's State of the Union speech in a more positive light than other listeners, a poll revealed.
The survey was completed using the Ayer Emotional Battery, which is used to capture the feelings of participants regarding communications or advertising, HCD Research, which did the survey, said in a release.
More than 1,000 people were asked their opinion of the speech. A total of 40 percent of people who said they attended church regularly listed either "competent, confident in control, proud' or "not bored, attentive" as their reactions to Bush's Feb. 2 speech.
However, those who attend fewer religious services listed "suspicious, skeptical" more than any other response. About 19 percent of those respondents gave that answer.
The survey was conducted with interviews of 1,041 people, about half of whom said they watched the State of the Union speech. The interviews were conducted Feb. 3, the day after the State of the Union speech.
