7 in 10 say they’ve given a lot of thought to presidential election: Gallup survey

Seven in 10 Americans say they’re thinking about the next presidential election “a lot,” according to a Gallup poll released Monday.

of pollThe election ran from April 1 to 22 and took place after former President Trump won enough delegates to be the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

The data shows that Americans who identify with one of the major political parties are particularly interested, while independents say they are less committed to political parties. 84% of Democrats, 78% of Republicans, and 61% of independents said they had thought deeply about the election.

When independents are categorized by partisan leaning, 76% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say they have thought about the election a lot, while 72% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they have thought about the election a lot. did.

Gallup notes that political independents tend to lean more Republican than Democratic.

Gallup has asked respondents this question during various presidential campaigns since 1952. Researchers note that how Americans think about elections often correlates with their level of turnout.

The results of the new survey could portend higher voter turnout. Attention levels are similar to election results at similar points in the 2008 and 2020 campaigns, but higher than in the 2000, 2004, and 2012 campaigns. No data available after 2016.

The 2008 and 2020 elections had the highest turnout since 1968, according to Gallup.

In the new survey, Americans ages 18 to 29 were the only group with fewer respondents (49%) than Han Chinese who said they were thinking a lot about the election. 69% of Americans ages 30 to 49, 78% of Americans ages 50 to 64, and 82% of Americans 65 and older say they have thought about the election a lot.

The survey included telephone interviews with 1,001 adults and had a margin of error of 4 percentage points.