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Political Polarization & Media Habits
Striking Differences Between Liberals and Conservatives, But They Also Share Common Ground
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- Political Polarization & Media Habits
- Trust Levels of News Sources by Ideological Group
- Consistent Conservatives See More Facebook Posts in Line With Their Views; Consistent Liberals More Likely to Block Others Because of Politics
- Consistent Conservatives More Likely to Have Close Friends Who Share Their Political Views, But Consistent Liberals More Likely to Drop a Friend
- Lower Levels of Trust in Media Sources on the Right
- NPR, CNN Most Consumed on the Left, Fox News on the Right; Local TV Spans Ideological Divide
- Consistent Liberals Turn to More Sources
- Ideological Composition of News Sources’ Audiences
- Facebook a Top Source of Political News Among Web Users
- Facebook Has Much Broader Reach Than Other Social Media Sites
- More Consistent Liberals Than Consistent Conservatives Get Political News on Twitter, Somewhat More on Facebook
- Consistent Liberals, Conservatives Pay Most Attention to Political Posts
- Nearly Half of Consistent Conservatives Mostly See Posts That Match Their Politics
- Consistent Liberals Most Likely to Block Others Based on Political Content
- “Liking” and Following Groups and Organizations on Facebook
- Consistent Conservatives, Liberals Talk About Politics More, Enjoy It More
- On Left and Right, More Say Friends Share Their Political Views
- Consistent Liberals More Likely to Drop a Friend Because of Politics
- Whom Do You Talk With Most Often About Politics?
- Even Many on the Right and Left Hear Dissenting Voices
- Leading Political Discussions and Having Others Turn to You For Political Information
- Consistent Conservatives, Liberals More Likely to Drive Political Discussions
- Political Demographics of Web and Total Respondents
- 2012 Media Consumption Internet Users vs. Total sample
- Key Demographics of Web and Total Respondents
- The News Sources
- Views of News Sources Among Those with Consistently Liberal Political Values
- Views of News Sources Among Those with Mostly Liberal Political Values
- Views of News Sources Among Those with Mostly Liberal Political Values
- Views of News Sources Among Those with Mostly Conservative Political Values
- Views of News Sources Among Those with Consistently Conserv. Political Values
- Sample Size and Margin of Error for American Trends Panel (Wave 1)
- Striking Differences Between Liberals and Conservatives, But They Also Share Common Ground
- Views of News Sources Among Those with Ideologically Mixed Political Values
- Trust Levels of News Sources by Ideological Group
- Conservatives Converge Around Fox News as Main Source; No Single Source Dominates on the Left
- Trust Levels of News Sources by Ideological Group
- Many Facebook Users See Political Views That Differ From Their Own
- Half of Consistent Conservatives Say the People They Most Often Talk Politics With Are All Conservative
- Consistent Conservatives and Consistent Liberals More Likely to Say People They Talk to About Politics Are Only of One Party
- Main Source of Government and Political News
- Ideological Placement of Each Source’s Audience
- More News Media Sources Trusted by Those on the Left
- Ideological Profile of Each Source’s Audience
- Overall More Trust Than Distrust of News Sources
- Most Consistent Liberals Distrust Fox News; Consistent Conservatives MSNBC