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A recent survey found that a small percentage of American journalists identify as Republicans.
According to a survey by Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communication, only 3.4% of American journalists identify as Republicans, and an additional 36.4% identify as Democrats.
The study is based on an online survey of 1,600 U.S. journalists conducted in early 2022 and is part of a long series of surveys examining journalists’ “views of work, professional attitudes, and ethics.” be. According to research.
The first study of its kind, published in 1971, has witnessed dramatic changes in the proportion of Republican and Democratic journalists over the years.
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Only 3.4% of American journalists identify as Republican, according to a study by Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communication. (Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)
In the first survey 52 years ago, 35.5% of respondents identified themselves as Democrats, 25.7% as Republicans and 32.5% as independents. The percentage of people who identify themselves as Democrats and independents has changed over the years, with the percentage of people identifying themselves as Democrats reaching a high of over 44% in 1992.
The 2022 survey showed that the percentage of people who are independent was a record high of over 51%, an increase of 1.5 points from the same survey conducted in 2013.
The overall percentage of people who identify as Republicans has declined over time, with the exception of the 1992 and 2002 surveys, where the increase was less than 2 percentage points.
In 1982, 11 years after the first survey was conducted, 18.8% of respondents said they were Republicans, compared to 38.5% who said they were Democrats and 38.5% who said they were independent. 39.1% of the respondents answered.
A 2013 survey found that just over 7% of American journalists identified as Republicans, compared to 28.1% of Democrats at the time.
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A small collection of Republican memorabilia is kept in a room adjacent to the lobby of Republican headquarters in Washington. (Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)
The results appear to show how out of touch some journalists are with American voters, according to other polls released this year.
Americans as a whole November Gallup Poll We found that 29% consider themselves Democrats, 29% consider themselves Republicans, and 40% consider themselves independents.
A poll released earlier this year also found that nearly three-quarters of Americans believe that: media The US is polarized, with just 16% of adults having a “great deal” of trust and confidence in the news media.
The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Poll found that 74% of all adults believe the news media is increasing the country’s political divisions.
“Are news organizations doing more to increase political division in the United States, work to reduce political division, or have no impact?” It was conducted on adults.
A poll released earlier this year found that nearly three-quarters of Americans believe media polarization is increasing in the United States and have “a great deal” of trust and confidence in the news media. Only 16% of adults have one. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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almost three quarters Six percent said media polarization had decreased “a little” and 6% said the media had “no influence at all.”
FOX News’ Hannah Panlec contributed to this report.