Almost twice as many Americans support the continued federal funding of public media outlets as oppose it, according to a new survey released Wednesday from Pew Research.

While not a majority, 43% of those surveyed said the federal government should continue to fund NPR and PBS at present levels, and 24% said the government should stop funding the outlets altogether; 33% of respondents said they weren’t sure.

When broken down by party, 32% of Democrats said they regularly get their news from NPR, compared with only 9% of Republicans. And 31% of Democrats said they regularly watch PBS, compared with 11% of Republicans.

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