When it comes to news regarding the nation’s economy, Republicans and Democrats may as well be in different countries.
A new survey from Pew Research Center released Tuesday illustrates a sharp partisan divide over perceptions of news reports on the national economy. Sixty percent of Republicans say they are hearing mostly bad news about the U.S. economy, compared with only 15 percent of Democrats who say the same. Fittingly, independents fall between the two parties, with 36 percent saying they are hearing mostly bad economic news.
The partisan differences apply to news on other parts of the economy. Seventy-five percent of Republicans say they are hearing mostly bad news about the job situation, compared with just 34 percent of Democrats. But the gap closes on the issue of gas prices: 89 percent of Republicans say they are hearing mostly bad news on that front, while 65 percent of Democrats concur.
