Internet Use Triples since 2004 for Campaign News: Pew Research Study

A new study released by Pew Research shows that the internet is now second only to TV in the percentage of people using it to get campaign news. In this survey, 33% cited it as a major source, up from 10% since 2004. Among the future leaders of the free world, 18-29 year olds, 49% cited it as a main source, starting to rival TV at 61%. Growing 23 percentage points, the internet has has surpassed both newspapers and radio since 2004, although their use did go up 1 and 6%, respectively. Television holds the number one spot at 72%, but this has declined by 4 points since 2004.