Importance of News Media to Democracy in the U.S. (October 2017)
category | Total |
---|---|
Very important | 50% |
Somewhat important | 22% |
Not very important | 9% |
Not at all important | 11% |
Don't know/no opinion | 8% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Very important | 72% | 40% | 36% |
Somewhat important | 16% | 25% | 27% |
Not very important | 4% | 10% | 13% |
Not at all important | 2% | 18% | 17% |
Don't know/no opinion | 7% | 7% | 8% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Very important | 75% | 62% | 76% |
Somewhat important | 15% | 21% | 13% |
Not very important | 2% | 8% | 2% |
Not at all important | 5% | 3% | 0% |
Don't know/no opinion | 3% | 5% | 9% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Very important | 33% | 44% | 31% |
Somewhat important | 31% | 26% | 25% |
Not very important | 15% | 7% | 16% |
Not at all important | 18% | 10% | 22% |
Don't know/no opinion | 2% | 12% | 7% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Very important | 78% | 43% | 37% |
Somewhat important | 13% | 27% | 25% |
Not very important | 4% | 6% | 13% |
Not at all important | 1% | 10% | 18% |
Don't know/no opinion | 4% | 13% | 8% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Very important | 72% | 80% | 82% |
Somewhat important | 17% | 12% | 9% |
Not very important | 7% | 2% | 5% |
Not at all important | 1% | 0% | 1% |
Don't know/no opinion | 2% | 6% | 3% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Very important | 38% | 37% | 36% |
Somewhat important | 27% | 28% | 21% |
Not very important | 11% | 16% | 11% |
Not at all important | 16% | 14% | 23% |
Don't know/no opinion | 9% | 5% | 10% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Very important | 74% | 34% | 33% |
Somewhat important | 16% | 29% | 23% |
Not very important | 3% | 12% | 16% |
Not at all important | 2% | 18% | 24% |
Don't know/no opinion | 5% | 8% | 4% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Very important | 49% | 60% | 47% |
Somewhat important | 21% | 20% | 26% |
Not very important | 10% | 4% | 11% |
Not at all important | 14% | 2% | 7% |
Don't know/no opinion | 6% | 13% | 9% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Very important | 50% | 50% |
Somewhat important | 22% | 22% |
Not very important | 11% | 7% |
Not at all important | 12% | 10% |
Don't know/no opinion | 5% | 10% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Very important | 57% | 49% | 44% |
Somewhat important | 23% | 22% | 22% |
Not very important | 7% | 10% | 9% |
Not at all important | 7% | 12% | 14% |
Don't know/no opinion | 7% | 7% | 11% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very important | 51% | 49% | 49% | 53% |
Somewhat important | 25% | 26% | 18% | 22% |
Not very important | 6% | 10% | 9% | 9% |
Not at all important | 8% | 6% | 14% | 13% |
Don't know/no opinion | 11% | 9% | 9% | 2% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very important | 16% | 46% | 43% | 53% | 60% | 56% |
Somewhat important | 14% | 21% | 25% | 18% | 22% | 27% |
Not very important | 15% | 10% | 12% | 11% | 6% | 6% |
Not at all important | 25% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 8% | 8% |
Don't know/no opinion | 31% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 4% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very important | 45% | 49% | 49% | 68% |
Somewhat important | 23% | 26% | 21% | 12% |
Not very important | 9% | 10% | 9% | 7% |
Not at all important | 13% | 8% | 14% | 8% |
Don't know/no opinion | 9% | 8% | 8% | 5% |
category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
---|---|---|---|
Very important | 42% | 47% | 68% |
Somewhat important | 23% | 26% | 14% |
Not very important | 11% | 10% | 6% |
Not at all important | 14% | 10% | 8% |
Don't know/no opinion | 10% | 7% | 3% |