How Americans Get Local Political News
Most U.S. adults follow news about local government and politics, yet only a quarter are highly satisfied with the quality of coverage.
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Most U.S. adults follow news about local government and politics, yet only a quarter are highly satisfied with the quality of coverage.
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X is still more of a news destination than these other platforms, but the vast majority of users on all four see news-related content.
More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.
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 it is not important that the news they get comes from journalists who share their political views, age, gender or other traits.
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.
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, 73% of U.S. adults say the freedom of the press is extremely or very important to the well-being of society.
62% of U.S. adults under 30 say they use TikTok, compared with 39% of those ages 30 to 49, 24% of those 50 to 64, and 10% of those 65 and older.
U.S.-born Latinos mostly get their news in English and prefer it in English, while immigrant Latinos have much more varied habits.
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