In a poll conducted Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, nearly two-thirds of Americans said they should reduce their consumption of establishment media after the presidential election because of overload.
The presidential election news cycle is intense, and some Americans may need a break from the Democratic-biased establishment media coverage.
A Gallup poll released in October found that Americans' trust in establishment media to report current events “fully, accurately, and fairly” will plummet to an all-time low by 2024. did.
Associated Press reported The survey found that Democrats' appetite for news has declined following President-elect Donald Trump's landslide victory.
The poll, conducted in early December, found that about 7 in 10 Democrats say they distance themselves from political news. The percentage is not that high for Republicans, who have reason to celebrate Trump's victory. Still, about 6 in 10 Republicans say they have felt the need to take a vacation, as do independents.
…
From election night to Dec. 13, MSNBC averaged 620,000 prime-time viewers, a 54% decrease from before this year's election, according to Nielsen. Comparing the same period, CNN averaged 405,000 viewers, down 45%.
…
The post-election slump in fans of losing candidates is not a new trend for networks that have become highly conscious of partisan audiences. MSNBC had a similar problem after President Trump was elected in 2016. It was the same on FOX in 2020, complicated by anger: At the time, many viewers were outraged that the station made an important call to elect the Democratic presidential candidate in Arizona on election night. joe bidenand looked for an alternative.
“People are mentally exhausted,” San Diego Democrat Ziad Aunala told The Associated Press. “We all know what's going to happen, but we're just resting for a little while.”
“What I don't see is it's kind of their own fault,” he added. “It felt like they were talking about the election the whole time. Why would people want to keep watching even after the main event was over?”
The poll was conducted among 1,251 Americans from December 5th to 9th, and had a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former RNC war room analyst. He is the author of The Politics of Slave Morality. Follow Wendell “×” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
