A new Gallup Poll released Wednesday finds an overwhelming majority of Americans support writers and actors over studios in the ongoing dual Hollywood strikes.
Gallup’s annual Work and Education poll, conducted August 1-23, found Americans sympathize more with television and film writers than with television and film production studios by a staggering 72% to 19%.
Sympathy for television and film actors is nearly as high, at 67%, while 24% side with the studios. The poll results come on the 121st day of the strike for the WGA and the 48th day of the strike for actors.
The results also come on a day that studio heads were to meet amid growing speculation of internal divisions within the C-suites and a lack of any apparent path forward to end both strikes.
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