{"id":168818,"date":"2024-05-28T09:53:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T13:53:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-21T09:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:36:17","slug":"more-than-half-of-americans-are-following-election-news-closely-and-many-are-already-worn-out","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/05\/28\/more-than-half-of-americans-are-following-election-news-closely-and-many-are-already-worn-out\/","title":{"rendered":"More than half of Americans are following election news closely, and many are already worn out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-640-wide\"><img data-dominant-color=\"645951\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #645951;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?w=640\" alt=\"Journalists await the &quot;first-in-the-nation&quot; midnight vote for New Hampshire's 2024 primary at The Balsams Resort in Dixville Notch on Jan. 22, 2024. (Sebastien St-Jean\/AFP via Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-168830 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png 1280w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=564,317 564w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=1128,634 1128w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=690,388 690w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=268,151 268w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=536,302 536w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=194,110 194w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=148,84 148w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=296,168 296w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=720,405 720w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=200,113 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=260,146 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=310,174 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=420,236 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=740,416 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=160,90 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?resize=540,304 540w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journalists await the &#8220;first-in-the-nation&#8221; midnight vote for New Hampshire&#8217;s 2024 primary at The Balsams Resort in Dixville Notch on Jan. 22, 2024. (Sebastien St-Jean\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A majority of Americans say they are closely following news about the 2024 U.S. presidential election, a slightly higher share than in April 2020. At the same time, many people already say they are worn out by so much coverage of the campaign and candidates, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted this April.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To examine Americans\u2019 habits and attitudes toward political and election news and information, Pew Research Center surveyed 8,709 U.S. adults from April 8 to 14, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone who completed the survey is a member of the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The surveys are weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/our-methods\/u-s-surveys\/the-american-trends-panel\/\">ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_topline.pdf\">questions used for this analysis<\/a>, along with responses, and its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2024\/04\/24\/biden-trump-methodology\/\">methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This is the latest analysis in Pew Research Center\u2019s ongoing investigation of the state of news, information and journalism in the digital age, a research program funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, with generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-closely-americans-follow-election-news\">How closely Americans follow election news<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=168821\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e4dadc\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"591\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_1.png?w=640\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that more than half of Americans have been closely following news about 2024 presidential candidates.\" class=\"wp-image-168821 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e4dadc; width:420px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_1.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_1.png?resize=300,277 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_1.png?resize=768,709 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_1.png?resize=438,405 438w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_1.png?resize=200,185 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_1.png?resize=260,240 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_1.png?resize=310,286 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_1.png?resize=420,388 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_1.png?resize=640,591 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_1.png?resize=740,684 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_1.png?resize=160,148 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_1.png?resize=320,296 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely. Another 28% say they aren\u2019t following it too closely, and 13% aren\u2019t following it closely at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The share of Americans who are closely following election news is slightly higher now <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/05\/22\/americans-are-following-news-about-presidential-candidates-much-less-closely-than-covid-19-news\/\">than it was in April 2020<\/a> (52%). In October 2020, however, that share increased to 75%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, Republicans and independents who lean toward the Republican Party are slightly more likely than Democrats and Democratic leaners to say they are closely following election news (64% vs. 58%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As in past presidential elections, older adults are more likely than younger adults to say they are closely following news about the candidates. Roughly eight-in-ten U.S. adults ages 65 and older (82%) currently say this, compared with 68% of those ages 50 to 64, 48% of those ages 30 to 49, and only 34% of those ages 18 to 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fatigue-over-election-coverage\">Fatigue over election coverage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=168822\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e4dcd9\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"1088\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_2.png?w=620\" alt=\"Bar charts showing that a majority of Americans are worn out by 2024 presidential campaign coverage but those closely following election news are less likely to say this.\" class=\"wp-image-168822 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e4dcd9; width:310px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_2.png 620w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_2.png?resize=171,300 171w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_2.png?resize=584,1024 584w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_2.png?resize=231,405 231w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_2.png?resize=200,351 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_2.png?resize=260,456 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_2.png?resize=310,544 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_2.png?resize=420,737 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_2.png?resize=160,281 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_2.png?resize=320,562 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although many Americans are following news about the 2024 presidential candidates, they are also experiencing fatigue over election coverage. About six-in-ten U.S. adults (62%) already say they are worn out by so much coverage of the campaign and candidates, while 35% say they like seeing a lot of this coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is similar to the share of Americans who said they felt worn out at later points in the last two presidential election years. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2016\/07\/14\/most-americans-already-feel-election-coverage-fatigue\/\">In June and July 2016<\/a>, 59% of Americans said they felt worn out, and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/10\/19\/interest-in-election-news-increases-with-most-americans-feeling-worn-out-by-the-volume-of-coverage\/\">in October 2020<\/a>, 61% felt this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans who are following election news closely are <em>less<\/em> likely than those who aren\u2019t to be worn out by election coverage. Four-in-ten Americans who say they follow news about candidates very closely say they are worn out by so much coverage, compared with 77% of those who say they don\u2019t follow it closely at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans are slightly less likely than Democrats to say they are worn out by election coverage (58% vs. 66%). This gap is driven by conservative Republicans (55%), who are less likely than moderate or liberal Republicans (65%) to feel worn out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-americans-come-across-election-news\">How Americans come across election news<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans are more likely to say they mostly get political news because they happen to come across it (57%) than because they are looking for it (42%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=168823\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ede7e1\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"585\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_3.png?w=640\" alt=\"A diverging bar chart showing that younger Americans are far less likely than older ones to actively search for political news.\" class=\"wp-image-168823 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ede7e1; width:420px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_3.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_3.png?resize=300,274 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_3.png?resize=768,702 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_3.png?resize=443,405 443w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_3.png?resize=200,183 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_3.png?resize=260,238 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_3.png?resize=310,283 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_3.png?resize=420,384 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_3.png?resize=640,585 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_3.png?resize=740,677 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_3.png?resize=160,146 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_3.png?resize=320,293 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, there are striking differences on this question by age. Just a quarter of Americans ages 18 to 29 say they mostly get political news because they are looking for it, compared with 60% of those 65 and older \u2013 a gap of 35 percentage points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who say they closely follow news about the 2024 presidential election are also far more likely to actively seek out political news. About six-in-ten U.S. adults who closely follow election news (58%) say they mostly get political news this way, compared with 18% of those who are not closely following election news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans and Democrats are equally likely to say they mostly get political news because they look for it (44% vs. 43%). However, independents who do not lean toward either party (21%) are about half as likely to say this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sources-of-election-news\">Sources of election news<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=168824\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ebe9e9\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"527\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_4.png?w=640\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that a majority of Americans get most political and election news from journalists and news organizations.\" class=\"wp-image-168824 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ebe9e9; width:420px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_4.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_4.png?resize=300,247 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_4.png?resize=768,633 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_4.png?resize=492,405 492w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_4.png?resize=200,165 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_4.png?resize=260,214 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_4.png?resize=310,255 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_4.png?resize=420,346 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_4.png?resize=640,527 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_4.png?resize=740,610 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_4.png?resize=160,132 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_4.png?resize=320,264 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also asked what type of sources Americans get most of their political and election news from. A majority of U.S. adults (62%) say they get most of this news from journalists and news organizations. (The question did not ask <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2021\/02\/22\/americans-who-mainly-got-news-via-social-media-knew-less-about-politics-and-current-events-heard-more-about-some-unproven-stories\/\">how people access that news<\/a>, such as through TV, print, news websites or social media.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around one-in-ten Americans (11%) say they get most political and election news from friends, family and neighbors. Smaller shares say they get most of this news from celebrities and social media personalities (4%), politicians and political parties (3%), and ordinary people they don\u2019t know (2%). An additional 17% say they don\u2019t get most of their political or election news from any of these sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a few differences in election news sources by Americans\u2019 age and political party:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-640-wide is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=168825\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eceaea\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"1112\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_5.png?w=620\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that older Americans are more likely than younger ones to get election news from news organizations.\" class=\"wp-image-168825 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eceaea; width:310px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_5.png 620w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_5.png?resize=167,300 167w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_5.png?resize=571,1024 571w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_5.png?resize=226,405 226w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_5.png?resize=200,359 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_5.png?resize=260,466 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_5.png?resize=310,556 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_5.png?resize=420,753 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_5.png?resize=160,287 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_5.png?resize=320,574 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Older Americans<\/strong> are far more likely than younger ones to say they get most political and election news from journalists and news organizations. Around three-quarters of Americans ages 65 and older (78%) say this, compared with 68% of those ages 50 to 64, 55% of those 30 to 49, and 45% of those 18 to 29.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adults under 30<\/strong> are significantly more likely than those 65 and older to say they get most of this news from celebrities and social media personalities (10% vs. 1%). They are also more likely to get this news from friends, family and neighbors (18% vs. 6%).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Democrats<\/strong> are slightly more likely than Republicans to say they get most political and election news from journalists and news organizations (69% vs. 59%).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Republicans<\/strong> are slightly more likely than Democrats to say they don\u2019t get most political or election news from any of these sources (20% vs. 12%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: Here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_topline.pdf\">questions used for this analysis<\/a>, along with responses, and its <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2024\/04\/24\/biden-trump-methodology\/\"><em>methodology<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em> <em>Research Assistant <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/emily-tomasik\/\"><em>Emily Tomasik<\/em><\/a><em> contributed to this analysis.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":658,"featured_media":168830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2024-05-28T13:54:10Z","apple_news_api_id":"2e1f0608-c8d7-4373-9b6c-690bb450377e","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-07-21T13:36:23Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ALh8GCMjXQ3ObbGkLtFA3fg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"relatedPosts":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0,"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[426,52,339,336,327,58],"bylines":[545],"collection":[],"datasets":[2777],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[467],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[515],"research-teams":[527],"class_list":["post-168818","short-read","type-short-read","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election-2024","category-election-news-2","category-election-news-1","category-news-coverage","category-politics-media-1","category-politics-media-2","bylines-kirsten-eddy","datasets-american-trends-panel-wave-146","formats-short-read","regions-countries-united-states","research-teams-journalism"],"label":"Short Read","post_parent":0,"word_count":1037,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/05\/28\/more-than-half-of-americans-are-following-election-news-closely-and-many-are-already-worn-out\/","art_direction":{"A1":{"id":168830,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/SR_24.05.26_election-coverage_featured.png?w=564&h=317&crop=1","width":564,"height":317,"caption":"Journalists await the \"first-in-the-nation\" midnight vote for New Hampshire's 2024 primary at The Balsams Resort in Dixville Notch on Jan. 22, 2024. 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