How news influencers talked about Trump and Harris during the 2024 election
Most news influencers published posts about both candidates in summer and fall, and identical shares were more critical than supportive of each.
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Most news influencers published posts about both candidates in summer and fall, and identical shares were more critical than supportive of each.
Among those who listed a main source of political news, six-in-ten say that their source is part of the “mainstream media.”
About three-quarters of U.S. adults say they’ve seen inaccurate election news at least somewhat often, and many say it’s hard to tell what’s true.
More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.
59% of Americans say made-up information that is intended to mislead causes a “great deal” of confusion about the 2020 presidential election.
A majority of voters said it is very or somewhat important to them to get messages from the presidential campaigns about important issues.
With Election Day six months away, 52% of Americans are paying fairly close or very close attention to news about the presidential candidates.
There are notable differences between white and black Democrats in news consumption habits and assessments of recent political events and figures in the news.
59% of Americans are following news about the 2020 candidates closely, but far fewer are following it very closely at this stage of the race.
In total, 20% of all Democrats get political news only from outlets with left-leaning audiences, while 18% of all Republicans do so only from outlets with right-leaning audiences.
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