With Oscars Around The Corner, Even California Thinks Hollywood Is Off The Political Deep End

A new poll from UC Berkeley and POLITICO found that voters in California believe Hollywood stars and professionals have far too much political influence. 

The opinion poll revealed that a plurality of the 1,220 voters surveyed, 48% total, said the entertainment industry has “too much influence on politics.” Almost half of the respondents also said that directors, actors, and other high-profile Hollywood figures should “be less vocal with their political beliefs.”

A plurality of voters – 39% – said Hollywood has a negative impact on American culture. Forty-seven percent of respondents admitted that the industry was “too liberal.”

These results come just days ahead of the 98th Academy Awards, which will be hosted again this year by former late-night host Conan O’Brien. Tensions are high as political turmoil abounds, and recent reports show that security will be tight at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

This includes a reported 1,000 private security guards, LAPD SWAT teams, bomb-sniffing dogs, and a fleet of surveillance drones circling overhead, as The Daily Wire previously reported. 

O’Brien said he will discuss politics but claims he plans to tread carefully during the Oscars presentation. 

“My job is to always try and hit this very, very thin line between entertaining people and also acknowledging some of the realities,” the comedian said during a Wednesday news conference with the Oscars creative team, per the LA Times.

“It’s a dance that goes on up until the show begins,” O’Brien said, adding that revisions to his monologue will be ongoing in the days leading up to the telecast to ensure everything is up-to-date with the news cycle.

“Between us, we will find the right tone,” he said, referencing the show’s executive producers.

Others in Hollywood show much less restraint. Several actors have become notorious for their leftist crusades and chronic TDS, including insufferable activists such as George Clooney, Sean Penn, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Pedro Pascal, Larry David, Rosie O’Donnell, among so many others.

Besides these famous faces that keep popping up in the world of politics, there are dozens more celebrities who do their share of virtue signaling, including those who make frequent anti-ICE comments and who offer land acknowledgements despite living in mansions that are also situated on “stolen land.”