A new Pew Research study on trends in online political news consumption shows that only 40 percent of all adults report getting news or information about the election via the Internet. Forty percent? Imagine that. Some Americans aren’t hunched over a computer screen waiting for the next polling update on Real Clear Politics or cursing their Blackberry browser because it’s too slow pulling up THE WEEKLY STANDARD Blog. But the report also suggests it won’t be long before even more Americans get their political news online. Consider this trend.
Pew also notes the growth of two other online political modes–10 percent report using social networking sites for election activities and 35 percent watch online videos (such as on YouTube) about politics. Each of these figures has grown phenomenally. So even if a majority of Americans don’t do what you’re doing right now, they will be in the next few years–or maybe even months.
