Tracking Americans' Interest in Politics and Public Affairs
Morning Consult surveys thousands of U.S. adults each day on their level of interest in politics and public affairs, providing unique insight on consumer and voter behavior for leaders in the private and public sectors.
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Key Takeaways
Roughly 2 in 5 U.S. adults (42%) say they’re “extremely” or “very” interested in politics and public affairs. That’s slightly higher than the share who said the same at this point of the past two U.S. presidencies.
Americans’ interest in politics is highly correlated with partisanship, with Republicans and Democrats significantly more likely than independents to say they’re at least very interested in politics.
But other factors such as gender, age — and especially, educational attainment and income — also play a big role in the interest gap on public affairs in America.
Respondents from America’s wealthiest households, those with a minimum annual income of $100,000, are exhibiting an increasing amount of interest in politics in 2025, while interest among Americans from lower-earning households remains relatively flat.
America’s diploma divide is also translating into a bigger gap in political interest these days: 60% of U.S. adults with at least a four-year degree are extremely or very interested in politics, compared with just 28% of those without a bachelor’s. That’s the largest gap in political interest we’ve observed throughout our nearly nine years of daily tracking.
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Americans’ interest in politics, by demographic
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Methodology
Every day, Morning Consult surveys a representative sample of roughly 5,000 U.S. adults and asks the question, “How interested are you in politics and public affairs?” Results are weighted to account for a range of demographic characteristics including age, gender, race/ethnicity, educational attainment and region, with a margin of error of +/-1 percentage point.
Reporting dates reflect surveys conducted every day of each month.
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Cameron Easley is Morning Consult’s head of U.S. Political Analysis. He has led Morning Consult's coverage of U.S. politics and elections since 2016, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Politico, Axios, FiveThirtyEight and on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. Cameron joined Morning Consult from Roll Call, where he was managing editor. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Follow him on Twitter @cameron_easley. Interested in connecting with Cameron to discuss his analysis or for a media engagement or speaking opportunity? Email [email protected].
