A strong majority of all Americans and roughly 70 percent of Democrats have largely tuned out of political news coverage since the November election. The post AP Poll: Majority of ‘Exhausted’ Americans Have Tuned Out Politics Since Election – Including 7 in 10 Democrats first appeared on Mediaite.

A lot of Americans, after an intense presidential election campaign, are looking for a break in political news.

About two-thirds of Americans have recently felt the need to limit their political news consumption, according to a recent poll. Why it matters: The reluctance to consume political news is reflected in TV ratings.

Americans feel like they should increasingly avoid political news content, according to a study published Thursday by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago. Their research found 65 percent of adults have felt the need to limit their media consumption about the government and politics due to information overload,

About two-thirds of American adults say they have recently felt the need to limit media consumption about politics and government.

Everyone knows what is coming and we are just taking some time off.” Television ratings — and now a new poll — clearly illustrate the phenomenon. About two-thirds of American adults say they have recently felt the need to limit media consumption about politics and government because of overload,

After months of presidential election coverage, new poll highlights years-long trend of political fatigue in US.