A survey asking U.S. adults about how they access political news found that 61 percent of adults aged 65 years and older mostly get it because they were actively looking for it. In contrast, younger adults were notably less likely to actively search for political news than their older peers.
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Pew Research Center. (December 3, 2025). Accessing political news intentionally or accidentally in the United States as of March 2025 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from /statistics/1478458/political-news-access-us/
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