On some level, celebrities that have used the Academy Awards telecast to advance a political agenda must have suspected that viewers were unimpressed with the exercise. Now there's some proof.

In a scientific poll conducted for The Hollywood Reporter, 76.5% of Americans over age 18 said they disapprove of Oscar presenters and winners injecting politics into the show.

The poll, Hollywood & Politics, conducted by the firm E-Poll, sought the nation's opinion of Hollywood and its celebrities and their political musings since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.

According to the poll, the celebrities most admired for their public political positions are Charlton Heston (11% named him), Rosie O'Donnell (8.7%), Arnold Schwarzenegger (7.7%), Oprah Winfrey (4.4%) and Bono (4.4%).

Not surprisingly, since the poll sought the opinion of Democrats and Republicans alike, the most outspoken celebrities sometimes appeared on both the most-admired list and the list of the most-disliked celebrities based on their politics.

Topping the least-admired list were Jane Fonda (11.8%), Heston (10.8%), Alec Baldwin (10.6%), Barbra Streisand (10.5%) and O'Donnell (9.2%).

In March, E-Poll surveyed a random sample of 1,041 adult Americans of all political persuasions. The findings boast a 95% confidence level and a sample error of plus or minus 3%.

Since 9/11, more than a third of Americans say they are more interested in seeing movies with a patriotic theme, and Republicans are slightly more interested in such fare than Democrats. Just 3.6% said they are less interested in more patriotism in movies, and 60% answered "no change" since 9/11.

Goldie Hawn might like to know that 76.3% of Americans are very interested or somewhat interested in seeing a movie based on the heroism displayed by passengers on the hijacked flights of 9/11. Hawn's production company has said it is working on just such a film.

In fact, there's high interest in movies based upon many aspects of 9/11: heroism at the World Trade Center and Pentagon (73.2%), events leading up to the attacks (72%), personal stories of survivors (67.1%), the hunt for Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda (60%), personal stories of those who died (55.3%), leaders in crisis (55.1%) and movies that re-create the events of that day (53.4%).

Asked their perception of Hollywood's political persuasion, 68.6% said Hollywood leaned either far left or a little left, while just 7.3% said it leaned far right or a little right.

Would a moviegoer shy away from paying to see a film that starred an outspoken actor they disagree with? According to the poll, 44.3% would, while 55.6% would not and 0.1% didn't answer the question.