A Gallup poll released Tuesday found that most Americans do not plan to watch the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro “much” or “at all,” unlike in previous years.
Only 48 percent of Americans said they plan to watch a “great deal” or “fair amount” of the world games, which start this weekend. It’s an 11-point drop since the London Summer Games in 2012 and the lowest recorded level of excitement in the 16-year-running poll, according to the July 13-17 survey.
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