According to a 2022 survey, the majority of people in the U.S. turned to local stations at least weekly for political news regardless of their political ideology. However, Republicans were much more likely to get their political information from Fox News than Democrats, with 63 percent having tuned in to the station at least once per week, compared to 28 percent of Democrats.
Political news sources voters turn to weekly in the United States as of May 2022, by political affiliation
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University of Chicago Institute of Politics. (June 10, 2022). Political news sources voters turn to weekly in the United States as of May 2022, by political affiliation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398518/political-news-source-outlet-party-us/
University of Chicago Institute of Politics. "Political news sources voters turn to weekly in the United States as of May 2022, by political affiliation." Chart. June 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398518/political-news-source-outlet-party-us/
University of Chicago Institute of Politics. (2022). Political news sources voters turn to weekly in the United States as of May 2022, by political affiliation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398518/political-news-source-outlet-party-us/
University of Chicago Institute of Politics. "Political News Sources Voters Turn to Weekly in The United States as of May 2022, by Political Affiliation." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398518/political-news-source-outlet-party-us/
University of Chicago Institute of Politics, Political news sources voters turn to weekly in the United States as of May 2022, by political affiliation Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398518/political-news-source-outlet-party-us/ (last visited January 07, 2025)
Political news sources voters turn to weekly in the United States as of May 2022, by political affiliation [Graph], University of Chicago Institute of Politics, June 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398518/political-news-source-outlet-party-us/