CNN Data Chief Leaves Colleagues in Stitches With Wild Poll Revealing Young Adults Are Having ‘No Sex At All’
Polling data about the sex lives of young adults left the CNN set in shambles after it was presented by data guru Harry Enten.
Enten on Sunday took a brief detour from some of the most pressing issues concerning Washington, D.C. to talk a bit about American lifestyle choices. Using data from Gallup and GSS, Enten explained how Americans are “cutting back” on a variety of activities:
Yeah, I mean, my goodness gracious, this is a huge decline. Americans who drink alcohol — we are looking at the lowest level since the 1930s. What are we talking about? Just 54%, on occasion, Americans say that they drink alcohol. That’s down from four points last year; that’s down from 62% in 2023; and it is way down from the record high, the last year that that happened, when it was 71% back in 1978. This record low is being driven by younger folks — and Republicans, as well — as they increasingly view the idea of drinking as an unhealthy habit.
Enten then brought up another set of data on smoking. In 1974, 40% of people said they had smoked in the last week. In Gallup’s latest poll, that number dropped to just 11%.
Then CNN anchor Kate Bolduan teed Enten up to get into the final part of the segment:
BOLDUAN: And people watching are also going to see this tab; and are you — you’re saying that people are giving up vices — and you think sex is a vice?
ENTEN: I’m not saying that sex is a vice. According to some people, perhaps it’s a vice. It’s not a vice according to the Harry Enten school of thought; but “bow chicka wow wow,” going down.
That comment got a laugh out of Bolduan and several others on set. Enten continued:
ENTEN: What are we talking about? No sex at all in the last year, as Kate’s off on the side laughing it up–
BOLDUAN: I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m not laughing. I’m not entirely sure.
ENTEN: She’s doing something. She’s not even sure.
BOLDUAN: I’m blushing under all of this makeup.
ENTEN: She’s blushing! There we go! In the 1990s among all adults, no sex at all in the last year was 18%. In 2024, look at that: no sex at all up again 10 points. Look at here: those 18 to 21, look at that! Twenty-four percent in the 1990s. It’s the younger folks who are giving up sex. Look at that percentage. Doubled! Doubled no sex in the last year. Maybe they do need a little bit of alcohol. Maybe those two are related.
Laughter could again be heard around the set
“I have so many things — so many things — I could say,” Bolduan said, “and I’m going to keep my job today.”
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