Vocal black celebrities, advocates for the LGBT community and white conservative pundits are the most politically divisive figures on the Forbes 100 list of the world’s highest-paid entertainers, according to a new survey.
Morning Consult asked 6,609 U.S. adults their opinion of celebrities such as the singer Pink and comedian Kevin Hart. The most popular figures are actors Dwayne Johnson, Will Smith and Jackie Chan — all racial minorities who have largely refrained from using their platform to make political statements.
Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z, who endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election and performed during one of her campaign rallies, are among the most divisive figures on the list.
The Sept. 5-9 survey, with a margin of error of 1 percentage point, found that Democrats have a net +63 favorability of Knowles while Republicans’ favorability came in at net -3, creating a gap of 66 percentage points. She is the most politically divisive entertainer on the Forbes 100 list.
Only two of the top 25 most politically divisive celebrities were more loved by Republicans than by Democrats: conservative hosts Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. Both men have taken controversial stances, such as Hannity’s repeated attacks on special counsel Robert Mueller and Limbaugh calling the 2016 Women’s March a “Deranged Feminazi March.” Democrats have negative views of Hannity and Limbaugh (net -37 and net -44, respectively), while Republicans’ views are move positive but not necessarily enthusiastic, with net +28 for Hannity and net +17 for Limbaugh.
Of the 100 names on the list, only 10 figures were statistically more favored by Republicans than by Democrats, including television star Judy Sheindlin, or Judge Judy, and National Football League quarterbacks Drew Brees and Matt Ryan.
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