Overwhelmed Voters Unplug: Perceived Election News Overload and Intentional Election News Avoidance
Published online on April 24, 2026
Abstract
American Politics Research, Volume 54, Issue 5, Page 625-637, September 2026.
U.S. presidential campaigns generate an extraordinary volume of political news intended to inform and mobilize the electorate. Yet long-standing concerns about citizens’ limited capacity to process political information raise the possibility that this ...
U.S. presidential campaigns generate an extraordinary volume of political news intended to inform and mobilize the electorate. Yet long-standing concerns about citizens’ limited capacity to process political information raise the possibility that this ...