Sydney Sweeney seemingly angered a handful of web customers when American Eagle launched their new advert that includes the actress, by which she made a “denims/genes” pun.

Nonetheless, a current ballot has revealed how People actually really feel in regards to the advert, exhibiting the proportion of people that discovered it offensive.

Sydney Sweeney has since acquired help from notable figures like President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, following studies that she’s a registered Republican.

After garnering backlash on the web for an American Eagle advert marketing campaign she featured in late final month, many may suppose that People maintain the identical impression of Sydney Sweeney’s advert in actual life, however it seems to be fairly the other.

In keeping with the New York Put up, a brand new survey by the Economist/YouGov Polls has make clear the general public’s response to the advert marketing campaign, revealing a shocking lack of curiosity.

Regardless of the viral critiques, the ballot discovered that solely 12% of People felt offended by the advert, whereas the bulk mentioned they discovered it intelligent or had no opinion in any respect.

Almost 4 out of 10 individuals, which interprets to 39% of the respondents, mentioned they noticed the advert as intelligent, 12% referred to as it offensive, 40% mentioned it was neither, and eight% had been not sure.

The survey, performed amongst 1,635 adults, additionally found a major distinction in how the advert was perceived by women and men, revealing that males had been extra more likely to see it as intelligent (49% to 31%).

In distinction, girls had been extra more likely to see it as offensive (17% versus 7% of males).

In keeping with the ballot outcomes, there was additionally a division alongside political traces as Republicans resonated extra with it, excess of Democrats.

57% of Republicans surveyed reportedly referred to as the marketing campaign intelligent, in comparison with 22% of Democrats.

As seen within the demographic breakdown, age could have additionally influenced the respondents’ reactions, as 34% of individuals aged 65 and above discovered it intelligent, in opposition to 13% who referred to as it offensive.

For the youthful adults aged 18-29, 45% thought it was intelligent, whereas 12% had been offended by it.

The ballot additional revealed that girls had been extra more likely to view the advert negatively than males.

The marketing campaign, which launched final month, noticed the favored “Euphoria” star come below hearth for a “denims/genes” wordplay that many argued helps eugenics and white supremacist rhetoric.

At first, solely a handful of people registered their dissatisfaction with the advert. Nonetheless, the net outrage rapidly escalated when conservative accounts started to pitch it for instance of progressive overreaction on social media.

President Donald Trump, upon listening to that Sweeney was a registered Republican, declared that he thinks “her advert is unbelievable,” occurring to explain it as anti-woke. Vice President Vance even used the controversy to assault Democrats when he appeared on the “Ruthless” podcast.

“Did you study nothing from the November 2024 election?” Vance mentioned. “The lesson they’ve apparently taken is, ‘We’ll assault individuals as Nazis for considering Sydney Sweeney is gorgeous.'”

American Eagle has since issued an announcement, insisting that the marketing campaign had no racist intent behind it and that it was all about denims.

“‘Sydney Sweeney Has Nice Denims’ is and at all times was in regards to the denims. Her denims. Her story,” the denim model mentioned in an announcement.

It continued, “We’ll proceed to rejoice how everybody wears their AE denims with confidence, their method. Nice denims look good on everybody.”