8% of Trump voters said they would have voted for Clinton if they had believed what the media were saying about Trump.

In recent polling,  we discover that 70% of the nation simply does not trust the major media,  but that polling result is the tip of the political/polling iceberg.  Yesterday,  the media complained that Trump went to breakfast without notifying the press.  It is clear that with the research presented in this post,  many if not most folks respond to the media complaint with these words, "Who cares?"  

The Media Research Center (MRC) announces the findings of a new post-election poll on what actual voters thought about the media’s influence on the 2016 presidential race. The MRC/YouGov poll was conducted on November 9 and 10.  Note: While MRC is a partisan group,  YouGov is an international internet-based market research firm, headquartered in the UK, with operations in Europe, North America, and the Middle East among other international regions.
Key findings:
  • 7 in 10 (69%) voters do not believe the news media are honest and truthful.
  • 8 in 10 (78%) of voters believe the news coverage of the presidential campaign was biased, with nearly a 3-to-1 majority believing the media were for Clinton (59%) vs. for Trump (21%).
  • Even 1/3 (32%) of Clinton voters believe the media were “pro-Clinton.”
  • 8% of Trump voters said they would have voted for Clinton if they had believed what the media were saying about Trump.
  • 97% of voters said they did not let the media’s bias influence their vote.

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