Americans have a wide variety of news sources available to them this election season.
In September, Pew Research Center asked U.S. adults to name the source they turn to most often for political and election news. People mentioned hundreds of unique sources across more than 8,000 open-ended responses, demonstrating the fragmented nature of the modern news environment.
The most common single outlet that Americans name as their main source for political news is Fox News (13%). Older adults are much more likely than younger adults to name Fox News: 22% of those ages 65 and older say this is their main source for this news, compared with just 5% of adults under 30.
One-in-ten Americans cite CNN as their top source of political news. This represents a slight decline since the last time they were asked this question in 2021, when 14% of respondents said CNN was their main political news source.
Beyond Fox News and CNN, at least 2% of Americans name eight other sources:
- A specific local TV station or local TV in general
- Other national TV news channels (ABC News, NBC News, MSNBC or CBS News)
- NPR, the only radio organization among these top sources
- The New York Times, the only traditional newspaper on the list
- X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. A previous Pew Research Center study found that X is more of a destination for news than other social media sites.
About a third of Americans (32%) name a source other than these top 10. Another 17% say they don’t have a main source of election news or decline to answer the question.
The September survey also asked respondents what platform they most often use for election news (e.g., TV, news websites, etc.) and whether they use several specific news outlets (including many of the most common sources mentioned above) as a major or minor source of political news.
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