About two-thirds of Americans have recently felt the need to limit their political news consumption, according to a recent poll. Why it matters: The reluctance to consume political news is reflected in TV ratings. Americans of all parties, and Democrats in particular, are tuning out politics.

Television ratings — and now a new poll — clearly illustrate the phenomenon. About two-thirds of American adults say they have recently felt the need to limit media consumption about politics and government because of overload, according to the survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

As a Democrat who immersed himself in political news during the presidential campaign, Ziad Aunallah has much in common with many Americans since the election. He's tuned

A lot of Americans, after an intense presidential election campaign, are looking for a break in political news

About two-thirds of American adults say they have recently felt the need to limit media consumption about politics and government.

Americans are feel like they should increasingly avoid political news content according to a study published Thursday by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of