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Most Republicans prefer not to listen to celebrities’ political opinions as Americans appear to be experiencing post-election “information overload,” a poll released Thursday showed.
AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research published a survey titled “Most adults feel the need to limit political news consumption due to fatigue and information overload.”
Sixty-one percent of Republicans strongly or somewhat disapproved of celebrities speaking on political issues, while 27% neither approved nor disapproved and 11% strongly or somewhat approved. For Democrats, however, 20% strongly/somewhat disapproved, while 40% neither approved nor disapproved and 39% strongly/somewhat approved.
Much of the United States is still reeling from a contentious election, to the point that many are seemingly completely exhausted by political news.
“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 conflicts abroad “, according to the summary of the survey results. “About four in ten adults feel the same way about news about the economy and climate change.”
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say they feel the need to limit their media consumption of stories about government and politics in general, 72% compared to 59%.
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“People are not eager to have politics mixed into their entertainment or commerce experiences,” according to the summary. “Forty-three percent of adults approve of small businesses speaking on political issues and 20% disapprove. But only a quarter approve of celebrities, professional athletes or large businesses speaking, while 4 in 10 disapprove.”
The study noted that “Democrats are more likely than Republicans to approve of celebrities, professional athletes, and large businesses speaking about politics. Democrats and Republicans view small businesses speaking about political issues similarly.”
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when she endorsed the Harris-Walz campaign in 2024 was seen as a blow to Trump’s campaign, but President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris indicates that Swift’s endorsement may not have had the real impact Democrats hoped.
According to AP VoteCast44% of women ages 18 to 44 voted for Trump, while 48% of women ages 45 and older supported him.
The AP/NORC poll was conducted Dec. 5-9 using a probability-based panel from NORC at the University of Chicago. Online and telephone interviews were conducted among 1,251 adults.
The overall margin of sampling error for the survey was +/- 3.7 percentage points.
Fox News Digital’s Kendall Tietz contributed to this report.
