85% of Republicans Believe Trump Receives Too Much Negative Coverage

Only 9% of Democrats and 11% of Greens agreed.

8.31.2016 

 

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Spot.IM conducted a survey this week on media consumption and found that 85% of Republicans, 53% of Libertarians and 43% of Independents said they believe Donald Trump receives too much negative press. Only 9% of Democrats and 11% of Greens agreed.

Democrats, Libertarians and respondents identifying as non-affiliated watched NBC more than any other news station - 45% NBC TV news, CNN (42%) ABC (40%) and CBS (40%). Greens chose PBS and respondents identifying as Independents chose CNN most. Not surprisingly, more Republicans watch Fox News than any other network for news programming.

Among Democrats, Independents and non-affiliated respondents, CNN.com was the most popular news site to visit, and for Republicans, FoxNews.com ranked most popular. The Huffington Post and USAToday.com ranked most popular among Libertarian respondents, while The Huffington Post, NYTimes.com and Buzzfeed tied for most popular among respondents identifying with the Green Party.

The chart below shows how the top 40 news websites faired, broken down by respondents’ political party associations.

Spot.IM commissioned the study to survey the media landscape.