More than half of Americans are following election news closely, and many are already worn out
More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.
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More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.
A declining share of U.S. adults are following the news closely, and audiences are shrinking for several older types of news media.
Similar shares of U.S. adults believe news organizations are giving too much attention (32%) or too little attention (29%) to Biden’s age.
Most Americans say the U.S. government and technology companies should each take steps to restrict false information and extremely violent content online.
More Americans now prefer to get local news online, while fewer turn to TV or print. And most say local news outlets are important to their community.
A survey of U.S.-based journalists finds 77% would choose their career all over again, though 57% are highly concerned about future restrictions on press freedom.
55% of journalists surveyed say that every side does not always deserve equal coverage in the news. 22% of Americans overall say the same.
Differences within each party on views of foreign policy emerge based on where Americans turn for political news.
The declining public trust in the news media and polarization of news audiences have profound effects on civic life.
In studying voters’ views of election fraud, we found these views varied by whether people got their news from the Trump campaign.
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