Despite an overall decline in attention to local news, a majority of Americans (68%) say they at least sometimes get news and information about local government and politics, on par with the share who get news about local traffic.
Americans are more likely to say they at least sometimes get news about local weather (90%) and crime (77%) than about local government (68%). But smaller majorities say they get local news about arts and culture, the economy, schools, and sports.
Older adults are much more likely than younger people to follow news about local government, mirroring a pattern seen with local news consumption as a whole.
Roughly eight-in-ten Americans ages 65 and older (81%) say they at least sometimes get local political news, including 34% who do this often. By comparison, 56% of Americans 18 to 29 at least sometimes get news about local politics (12% often).
There also is some variation in levels of…
