Following Election News Very Closely Democrat
While election news dominated media coverage last week, the public continued to show relatively modest interest. According to a separate analysis by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, midterm news made up 30% of the newshole. Just more than one-in-ten (11%) say this was the news they followed most closely. Nearly a quarter (23%) say they followed election news very closely.
Three-in-ten Republicans say they followed election news very closely last week, not much different from the 24% of Democrats that say this. Two-in-ten independents (19%) say they followed election news very closely.
Following Election News Very Closely  | Republican  | Independent  | Democrat  | 50  | 40  | 30  | 30  | 25  | 24  | 19  | 20  | 19  | 17  | 10  | Feb Mar Apr  | Jul  | Sep  | Jan  | May  | Jun  | Aug  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER September16-19, 2010. 