Older Americans especially likely to be following news about the 2020 candidates very closely % ofU.S. adults who say they have been following news about the 2020 election candidates closely
Americans ages 65 and older are about three times as likely as adults under 30 to say they’re following the news about the candidates very closely (39% vs. 12%). And white adults (26%) are more likely than black and Hispanic Americans to say this (17% and 16%, respectively).
Older Americans especially likely to be following  | news about the 2020 candidates very closely  | % ofU.S. adults who say they have been following news about the  | 2020 election candidates  | closely  | Fairly  | Very  | Not at all Not too  | Total  | 12%  | 29 %  | 37%  | 23%  | Dem/Lean Dem  | 11  | 29  | 36  | 24  | 10  | 29  | 38  | 23  | Rep/Lean Rep  | Men  | 8  | 26  | 40  | 27  | 16  | Women  | 32  | 33  | 19  | Ages 18-29  | 20  | 41  | 27  | 12  | 30-49  | 15  | 34  | 35  | 16  | 50-64  | 9  | 24  | 41  | 25  | 65+  | 2  | 16  | 42  | 39  | White  | 26  | 38  | 26  | 19  | 30  | 34  | 17  | Black  | 15  | 30  | 16  | Hispanic  | 39  | Note: Respondents who did not give an answer are not shown. Whites and blacks  | include only non-Hispanics. Hispanics can be fof jany race.  | Source: Survey conducted Feb. 18-March 2, 2020  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 