Presidential campaign news sources for younger Americans: MSNBC, CNN, Yahoo!

41% of 18-29 year olds listed more than one website, compared with just 24% of people age 30 and over, according to the Pew Internet Project. Both MySpace and YouTube are sources of campaign information unique to younger people. MySpace is cited as a campaign news source by 8% of the younger online election news consumers – less than 1% of those ages 30 and over, and the pattern for YouTube is almost identical. But younger online election news consumers also turn to the larger news sites in greater numbers as well. MSNBC, CNN and Yahoo News are cited as sources far more often by 18-29 year olds than by those who are older. In fact, 61% of younger people getting campaign news online list at least one of these three sites among their sources, compared with 46% of those age 30 and older.

Site Total 18-29 30+
MSNBC.com 26 30 24
CNN.com 23 30 21
Yahoo News 22 27 19
Google News 9 10 9
Fox News 9 5 10
AOL News 7 5 8
New York Times 6 5 6
Drudge Report 3 1 4
MySpace 3 8 *
YouTube 2 6 *
BBC 2 2 2
USA Today 1 0 2
Washington Post 1 1 1
Other Newspapers 6 6 6
ISP Homepages 3 4 3
Candidate Websites 2 2 3
Local TV/Radio 1 2 1
Other 20 23 18