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.
The social media sites that journalists use most frequently for their jobs differ from those that the public turns to for news.
While 38% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Parler, just 1% of Americans regularly get news there.
76% of Black adults say they at least sometimes get news on TV, compared with 62% of both White and Hispanic adults and 52% of Asian adults.
Nine-in-ten American Jews say they think discrimination against Jews has risen in the United States since the Israel-Hamas war began.
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About three-quarters of Black adults in the United States say they see or hear news coverage about their local community at least sometimes.
In April 2021, we followed up with many of the same parents surveyed in March 2020 on their children’s use of technology and social media.
61% of U.S. adults say they have heard at least a fair amount about the phrase “cancel culture,” up from 44% in September 2020.
More than half of U.S. adults (56%) say they talk about science news with others at least a few times a month.
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