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Research & Outreach > Center for the Study of Politics and Governance > Elections Projects > Polling Archives > Minnesota Poll Archive
Policy
Untitled Document
Media

* Source and Frequency of News Consumption

* Fairness of News Coverage

 

Source and Frequency of News Consumption

"Do you regularly get your news from any of the following . . ."

News source
Yes
No
National evening news on CBS, ABC, or NBC
70%
30%
A daily newspaper
69%
31%
CNN on cable
44%
56%
Fox News on cable
38%
62%
Internet websites
34%
66%

Poll: July 19-24, 2004
Sample: 1030
MoE: ± 3.0

 

"How often, if ever, do you listen to radio shows that invite listeners to call in to discuss current events, public issues and politics – regularly, sometimes, rarely, never?"

Date
Regularly
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
No opinion
Sample MoE
July 19-24, 2004
26%
20%
23%
31%
0%
1030 ± 3.0

 

Fairness of News Coverage

"In general, do you think the state's news organizations have been extremely fair, somewhat fair, somewhat unfair or extremely unfair in their coverage of Ventura since he was elected in 1998?"

 

Date
Extremely
fair
Somewhat
fair
Somewhat
unfair
Extremely
unfair
No
opinion
Sample MoE
June 20-24, 2002
17%
42%
27%
9%
5%
812 ± 3.4

 

 

 
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