A strong majority of all Americans and roughly 70 percent of Democrats have largely tuned out of political news coverage since the November election. The post AP Poll: Majority of ‘Exhausted’ Americans Have Tuned Out Politics Since Election – Including 7 in 10 Democrats first appeared on Mediaite.

Amid political fatigue, many Americans are stepping back from news coverage following the recent election. A new AP-NORC poll reveals about two-thirds of adults feel overwhelmed by political news, with Democrats more likely to disconnect than Republicans.

MSNBC is down 46% overall. CNN finished 2024 with the network’s smallest viewership in history, and its 2024 election night coverage had 44% fewer viewers than its 2020 coverage. Fox News, on the other hand, has seen its ratings surge. After the election ...

As a Democrat who immersed himself in political news during the presidential campaign, Ziad Aunallah has much in common with many Americans since the election. He's tuned out. “People are mentally exhausted,

About two-thirds of Americans have recently felt the need to limit their political news consumption, according to a recent poll. Why it matters: The reluctance to consume political news is reflected in TV ratings.

Americans feel like they should increasingly avoid political news content, according to a study published Thursday by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago. Their research found 65 percent of adults have felt the need to limit their media consumption about the government and politics due to information overload,

About two-thirds of American adults say they have recently felt the need to limit media consumption about politics and government.

Everyone knows what is coming and we are just taking some time off.” Television ratings — and now a new poll — clearly illustrate the phenomenon. About two-thirds of American adults say they have recently felt the need to limit media consumption about politics and government because of overload,