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Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters
Conducted January 2, 2017 by Rasmussen Reports
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Income Education Employment Obama Approval In a typical week, how often do you watch cable news networks for political news? Which cable news network do you generally watch? Do you trust the political news you are getting? How would you rate the media coverage of President-elect Donald Trump? Are most reporters biased for Trump or against him? Or do most try to be fair and balanced?
LV's Male Female 18-39 40-64 65+ White Black Other Republican Democrat Other Conservative Moderate Liberal Not sure Under $30,000 $30,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $100,000 $100,000 - $200,000 More than $200,000 Not sure Attended high school, but did not graduate High school graduate Attended college, but did not complete College graduate Graduate school Not sure Gov't Entrepreneur Private Co. Retired Other Strongly approve Somewhat approve Somewhat disapprove Strongly disapprove Not sure Rarely or never Occasionally About once a week Several times a week Every day Not sure Fox News CNN MSNBC Not sure Yes No Not sure Excellent Good Fair' Poor Not sure Biased for Trump Biased against Trump Most try to be fair and balanced Not sure
In a typical week, how often do you watch cable news networks for political news? Rarely or never 24% 21% 26% 29% 24% 13% 23% 22% 31% 15% 24% 33% 16% 22% 37% 46% 25% 21% 25% 24% 24% 25% 13% 25% 19% 24% 29% 50% 22% 26% 26% 13% 37% 23% 33% 25% 18% 29% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 14% 36% 20% 24% 12% 25% 25% 57% 38% 20% 21% 39%
Occasionally 19% 22% 17% 26% 15% 18% 20% 23% 16% 22% 20% 17% 19% 26% 13% 4% 24% 24% 18% 19% 7% 12% 17% 26% 22% 17% 15% 23% 25% 14% 22% 17% 16% 21% 22% 34% 10% 35% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 20% 32% 22% 46% 13% 22% 25% 20% 22% 24% 16% 13% 15% 19% 23% 14%
About once a week 10% 12% 8% 14% 8% 6% 8% 14% 16% 11% 13% 6% 11% 11% 7% 8% 10% 9% 9% 13% 11% 11% 6% 8% 12% 14% 6% 0% 14% 9% 11% 11% 4% 11% 13% 10% 8% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 14% 14% 11% 16% 10% 10% 11% 10% 16% 11% 8% 1% 9% 11% 10% 7%
Several times a week 21% 20% 22% 17% 23% 23% 21% 13% 24% 22% 17% 24% 22% 23% 19% 5% 14% 21% 22% 24% 23% 27% 21% 11% 21% 26% 22% 10% 17% 24% 22% 23% 16% 20% 16% 19% 27% 10% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 28% 28% 29% 13% 24% 15% 25% 12% 24% 22% 23% 7% 21% 22% 20% 17%
Every day 25% 24% 27% 14% 29% 40% 28% 29% 13% 30% 25% 21% 32% 18% 24% 35% 27% 24% 26% 20% 34% 24% 43% 30% 24% 19% 28% 14% 21% 27% 18% 37% 27% 25% 16% 13% 37% 27% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 38% 26% 38% 25% 39% 16% 19% 33% 27% 19% 27% 21% 17% 27% 26% 22%
Not sure 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 2% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 2% 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 1% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0%
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Income Education Employment Obama Approval In a typical week, how often do you watch cable news networks for political news? Which cable news network do you generally watch? Do you trust the political news you are getting? How would you rate the media coverage of President-elect Donald Trump? Are most reporters biased for Trump or against him? Or do most try to be fair and balanced?
LV's Male Female 18-39 40-64 65+ White Black Other Republican Democrat Other Conservative Moderate Liberal Not sure Under $30,000 $30,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $100,000 $100,000 - $200,000 More than $200,000 Not sure Attended high school, but did not graduate High school graduate Attended college, but did not complete College graduate Graduate school Not sure Gov't Entrepreneur Private Co. Retired Other Strongly approve Somewhat approve Somewhat disapprove Strongly disapprove Not sure Rarely or never Occasionally About once a week Several times a week Every day Not sure Fox News CNN MSNBC Not sure Yes No Not sure Excellent Good Fair' Poor Not sure Biased for Trump Biased against Trump Most try to be fair and balanced Not sure
Which cable news network do you generally watch? Fox News 42% 43% 42% 33% 46% 49% 47% 23% 32% 72% 16% 38% 72% 24% 11% 9% 44% 42% 42% 42% 40% 42% 47% 52% 45% 39% 34% 50% 39% 52% 35% 53% 31% 14% 18% 47% 87% 26% 0% 33% 44% 42% 48% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 51% 34% 38% 38% 29% 33% 57% 23% 21% 67% 12% 32%
CNN 35% 35% 35% 50% 29% 22% 32% 54% 36% 19% 50% 36% 17% 51% 46% 61% 36% 34% 34% 40% 46% 23% 34% 25% 29% 43% 39% 50% 37% 23% 41% 22% 58% 50% 48% 39% 9% 48% 0% 44% 36% 36% 28% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 28% 42% 38% 44% 44% 42% 23% 54% 53% 20% 49% 53%
MSNBC 19% 19% 19% 12% 23% 22% 17% 20% 28% 7% 30% 19% 9% 19% 39% 13% 14% 20% 21% 15% 8% 33% 18% 17% 22% 16% 22% 0% 20% 23% 19% 21% 10% 32% 29% 9% 1% 26% 0% 16% 15% 20% 22% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 20% 18% 19% 16% 25% 20% 15% 21% 24% 10% 35% 2%
Not sure 4% 3% 4% 4% 2% 7% 4% 3% 4% 2% 4% 6% 2% 6% 4% 17% 6% 4% 3% 2% 6% 2% 2% 6% 4% 2% 5% 0% 4% 2% 5% 5% 1% 4% 5% 6% 3% 0% 0% 7% 5% 2% 3% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 2% 6% 5% 1% 2% 5% 5% 2% 2% 3% 4% 13%
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Income Education Employment Obama Approval In a typical week, how often do you watch cable news networks for political news? Which cable news network do you generally watch? Do you trust the political news you are getting? How would you rate the media coverage of President-elect Donald Trump? Are most reporters biased for Trump or against him? Or do most try to be fair and balanced?
LV's Male Female 18-39 40-64 65+ White Black Other Republican Democrat Other Conservative Moderate Liberal Not sure Under $30,000 $30,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $100,000 $100,000 - $200,000 More than $200,000 Not sure Attended high school, but did not graduate High school graduate Attended college, but did not complete College graduate Graduate school Not sure Gov't Entrepreneur Private Co. Retired Other Strongly approve Somewhat approve Somewhat disapprove Strongly disapprove Not sure Rarely or never Occasionally About once a week Several times a week Every day Not sure Fox News CNN MSNBC Not sure Yes No Not sure Excellent Good Fair' Poor Not sure Biased for Trump Biased against Trump Most try to be fair and balanced Not sure
Do you trust the political news you are getting? Yes 37% 38% 36% 32% 39% 43% 39% 41% 26% 40% 39% 32% 44% 28% 36% 49% 35% 32% 38% 35% 53% 43% 50% 40% 31% 34% 44% 14% 44% 35% 35% 44% 26% 43% 29% 17% 44% 19% 22% 25% 35% 42% 58% 29% 50% 33% 43% 17% 100% 0% 0% 60% 41% 32% 36% 12% 34% 34% 47% 19%
No 36% 38% 35% 34% 39% 35% 37% 33% 37% 36% 31% 44% 35% 42% 32% 31% 42% 36% 31% 45% 39% 26% 41% 34% 33% 39% 38% 27% 28% 43% 40% 31% 40% 28% 39% 60% 37% 9% 55% 42% 36% 26% 23% 71% 24% 36% 29% 47% 0% 100% 0% 26% 26% 33% 46% 33% 50% 41% 21% 45%
Not sure 26% 24% 28% 35% 21% 22% 24% 26% 38% 24% 31% 24% 20% 30% 32% 20% 23% 32% 31% 20% 8% 31% 9% 26% 35% 27% 18% 59% 28% 21% 25% 25% 35% 30% 31% 23% 18% 73% 23% 34% 29% 32% 20% 0% 25% 30% 27% 36% 0% 0% 100% 14% 33% 35% 18% 55% 16% 24% 31% 36%
Survey Demographics
  Total
LV's
Gender Male 47%
Female 53%
  Total
LV's
Age 18-39 37%
40-64 47%
65+ 17%
  Total
LV's
Race White 72%
Black 12%
Other 17%
  Total
LV's
Party Republican 33%
Democrat 37%
Other 30%