Majority of Americans are 'worn out' by presidential campaign coverage: Poll

The majority of Americans (62%) said they feel "worn out" by the extensive press coverage of the 2024 presidential election, but roughly one third (35%) said they like seeing a lot of coverage of the candidates, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Tuesday.

The poll also found that the less people were interested or following the election, the more worn out they were by the coverage, with 77% of those who do not follow the election at all claiming they were "worn out" by the coverage. However, that group only makes up 13% of respondents, while 58% of respondents said they were closely monitoring the election.  Among those who said they are watching it "very closely," 40% said they were tired of the coverage.

Republicans were found less likely to be worn out by the coverage, with 58% claiming they were exhausted. Nearly two-thirds of Democrats said the same.

The numbers are slightly higher than the 2016, and 2020 elections, when 59% of respondents said they were burned out on coverage in 2016, and 61% said the same in 2020, according to News Nation Now.

The survey comes after many Americans express dread over the upcoming election, and the fact that it will likely be between former President Donald Trump, and President Joe Biden, who are projected to be their respective party's nominees this summer.

The Pew Research survey polled 8,709 U.S. adults between April 8-14, and has a margin of error of 1.5 percentage points.