By Rosie Taylor PUBLISHED: 06:53 EST, 5 August 2013 | UPDATED: 10:27 EST, 5 August 2013 President Obama has replaced Republican Mitt Romney as the most popular target for comedians, a study has revealed. Researchers who studied jokes made by late-night comedians during the first half of the year found far more gags were aimed at Obama and the Democrats than in the previous year. Obama was the target of 288 gags made by Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Kimmel, according to an analysis by the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University.
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Obama and Democrats butt of 713 jokes compared to 417 about Republicans
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Contrasts with 2012 when there were double the number of Republican jokes
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