Just 3.4 Percent of American Journalists Identify as Republican: Survey

The survey found that the percentage of Republicans in the journalism industry has declined substantially over the decades.

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The percentage of full-time U.S. journalists who identify as Republicans has dropped significantly over the last decade, while journalists who said they are Democrats and Independents have increased, a study finds.

According to a survey by Syracuse University titled “The American Journalist Under Attack,” only 3.4 percent of journalists in 2022 identified as Republicans, compared with 36.4 percent of Democrats and 51.7 percent of Independents in the profession.