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National Review
National Review
26 Dec 2024
Ryan Mills


NextImg:Depressed Dems Tuning Out Political News After Trump’s Win

Stung by Donald Trump’s win and other Republican victories in November, depressed Democrats increasingly say they’re taking a break from political news, a new poll found.

That finding is evidenced by drastic drops in viewership for left-wing cable networks MSNBC and CNN since Election Day, according to the Nielsen company, which measures media audiences.

The poll, conducted over five days in early December by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, found that a majority of Americans of all political stripes have limited their media consumption about government and politics since the election, including 59 percent of Republicans and 63 percent of independents. But the drop-off in political news consumption is being led by Democrats, 72 percent of whom say they’re tuning out, according to the poll of 1,251 adults.

Overall, 65 percent of adults “have felt the need to limit their media consumption about the government and politics due to information overload, fatigue, or similar reasons,” according to an AP-NORC analysis of the poll results.

That’s backed up by reports from Nielsen that from election night through December 13, MSNBC averaged 620,000 prime-time viewers, a 54 percent drop from before the election, according to the AP. CNN averaged about 405,000 prime-time views during that same period, a 45 percent drop from pre-election viewership.

Fox News, on the other hand, has seen its viewership rise by 13 percent to a post-election average of 2.68 million prime-time viewers, according to the AP.

The poll also found that most Americans disapprove of large companies, celebrities, and professional athletes speaking out about politics. Only 25 percent of respondents said they approve of large companies taking political stances, while 24 percent and 26 percent said the same about celebrities and athletes. Liberals were far more likely to approve of famous people chiming in on politics — 39 percent of Democrats either strongly or somewhat approve of celebrities and pro-athletes expressing their political opinions.

Approval of President Joe Biden’s performance dropped to 39 percent, down from 43 percent in October, according to the poll. A majority of respondents, or 51 percent, said they strongly or somewhat disapprove of Biden pardoning his son Hunter ahead of his sentencing on felony gun and tax charges.

Meanwhile, 43 percent of the poll’s respondents said they have a favorable opinion of Trump, up slightly from 40 percent in October and 38 percent in September.

Over 50 percent of respondents said they have little or no confidence that Trump will effectively manage the White House, the military, and government spending. Fifty-five percent of respondents said they have little or no confidence that Trump will “appoint well-qualified people for his cabinet and other high-level government positions.”