As of November 2019, 67 percent of Democrats and Democrat leaners were found to trust CNN for political and election news. During the survey period, CNN was the most widely trusted political news source among Democrats. In comparison, only ten percent of survey respondents distrusted the source about political news. NBC News was the second-most trusted political news source among Democrats. Overall, it was found that Democrats were more likely to trust than to distrust a wide range of news sources.
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Political news sources that are trusted by more Democrats than distrusted in the United States as of November 2019
Characteristic
Trust
Distrust
NPR
46%
2%
PBS
56%
4%
BBC
48%
5%
NBC News
61%
6%
CBS News
59%
6%
ABC News
60%
7%
New York Times
53%
6%
Time
46%
6%
Washington Post
47%
7%
CNN
67%
10%
Newsweek
31%
5%
Politico
21%
3%
MSNBC
48%
9%
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Pew Research Center. (January 24, 2020). Political news sources that are trusted by more Democrats than distrusted in the United States as of November 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101134/news-sources-trusted-more-democrats/
Pew Research Center. "Political news sources that are trusted by more Democrats than distrusted in the United States as of November 2019." Chart. January 24, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101134/news-sources-trusted-more-democrats/
Pew Research Center. (2020). Political news sources that are trusted by more Democrats than distrusted in the United States as of November 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101134/news-sources-trusted-more-democrats/
Pew Research Center. "Political News Sources That Are Trusted by More Democrats than Distrusted in The United States as of November 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101134/news-sources-trusted-more-democrats/
Pew Research Center, Political news sources that are trusted by more Democrats than distrusted in the United States as of November 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101134/news-sources-trusted-more-democrats/ (last visited June 19, 2025)
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