Most Americans don't read political blogs

MOST AMERICANS DON'T READ POLITICAL BLOGS
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Ellen Wulfhorst]
A majority of Americans do not read political blogs, the online commentaries that have proliferated in the race for the U.S. presidency, according to the survey conducted by Harris Interactive. Only 22 percent of people responding to the poll said they read blogs regularly, meaning several times a month or more. Despite the attention blogs can get, the poll said 56 percent of Americans say they never read blogs that discuss politics. Another 23 percent read them several times a year, the survey showed. While blogs are largely considered the realm of young people who are most Internet-savvy, only 19 percent of people ages 18 to 31, and 17 percent of those ages 32 to 43, regularly read a political blog, the poll said. The generation most likely to read such blogs are those age 63 or older, 26 percent of whom said they do so. Also, 23 percent of those ages 44 to 62 read them, the poll said.
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