December 26, 2024
Many feel the need to limit their consumption of information, particularly political information. Sixty-five percent of adults have felt the need to limit their media consumption about government and politics due to information overload, fatigue, or similar reasons and half feel the same about conflict in the world. ‘stranger. About four in ten adults feel the same way about economic news and climate change.
The desire to step back from current events is shared by people from both parties. Democrats are slightly more likely than Republicans to say they feel the need to limit their media consumption about government and politics (72% vs. 59%). Republicans are slightly more likely than Democrats to feel the need to avoid information about climate change (48% vs. 37%).
People don’t want politics to interfere with their entertainment or commerce experiences. Forty-three percent of adults approve of small businesses speaking out on political issues and 20% disapprove. But only a quarter approve of celebrities, professional athletes or big companies speaking out, while 4 in 10 disapprove.
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to approve of celebrities, professional athletes and big businesses speaking out on politics. Small businesses speaking out on political issues are viewed equally by Democrats and Republicans.
The national poll was conducted December 5-9, 2024 using the AmeriSpeak® Panel, the University of Chicago NORC’s probability panel. Online and telephone interviews via landlines and cell phones were conducted with 1,251 adults. The overall margin of sampling error is +/- 3.7 percentage points.