More voters are using their cell phones to keep up with election news, large increase among 30-49 year olds % ofregistered voters politics who use their cell phone to keep up with news related to the election or politics
As smartphone ownership has increased dramatically in recent years, more and more Americans are using their mobile devices to keep tabs on political events. Some 28% of registered voters have used their cell phone this year to keep up with news relating to the election or political events, which represents a two-fold increase compared with the most recent midterm election cycle. In a survey conducted at the end of the 2010 election campaign, just 13% of registered voters said that they had used their cell phones to keep up with election coverage.
Registered voters of both parties are equally likely to use their phones to keep up with election news, as 25% of Republicans and 29% of Democrats report doing so this campaign season. And while voters of all ages are more likely to use their cell phones for political and election news than was the case during the 2010 midterms, this increase has been especially pronounced among voters in their 30s and 40s. Some 40% of registered voters ages 30-49 have used their cell phones to track election coverage this year, up from just 15% who did so during the previous midterm campaign.
More voters are using their cell phones to keep up with  | election news, large increase among 30-49 year olds  | % ofregistered voters politics who use their cell phone to keep up with news related  | to the election or politics  | 2010  | 2014  | 43  | 40  | 32  | 29  | 28  | 28  | 25  | 22  | 15  | 13  | 13  | 10  | 18-29 30-49 50-64  | Total  | 65+  | Rep  | Dem  | Ind  | Survey conducted Oct. 15-20, 2014 Based on registered voters.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 