Americans Say They're Fired Up To Vote -- Especially Democrats

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

American voters are fired up to cast their ballots. And many already have, in record numbers.

According to the latest Gallup poll, released this morning, 69 percent of registered voters say that they are more enthusiastic to vote this year compared to previous elections. That is a stark contrast to the 2016 election, when enthusiasm to vote was relatively low. According to Gallup, which has asked voters about how enthusiastic they are to vote for at least the last two decades, only about half of registered voters said they were more enthusiastic to vote in 2016 than they had been in previous elections.



And regardless of who Americans plan to vote for, other polls also show that they think this election is important. Ninety-four percent of registered voters said in a YouGov/The Economist poll conducted earlier this week that voting for president this year is “very important.”

Members of both parties seem more enthusiastic to vote, too. According to the party crosstabs of the Gallup poll, the share of voters who said that, compared to previous elections, they were more excited than usual to vote is about 15 percentage points higher among Republicans and about 27 points higher among Democrats than it was four years ago. Although, as you can see in the chart below, Democrats have an advantage in terms of voter enthusiasm this year.



https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-say-theyre-fired-up-to-vote-especially-democrats/?ex_cid=story-twitter

[BusyBeingBest]

1. Can confirm--was hyped to vote for Obama,

but this time around, filling out the ballot to vote against the worst President in history felt like a sacred rite.

[Binkie The Clown]

2. A lot of people in 2016 voted against Clinton.

They weren't really politically engaged, they just believed the propaganda and thought they should dislike Hillary. This time around, a very much larger number of people are going out to vote against Trump, because they've seen with their own eyes how contemptible he is.

I like Biden a lot, and think he will be good for the country. I voted by mail for him already this time. That said, he is not a "superstar" candidate, and that's why I think the disengaged non-political types who are anxious to vote this year are doing so to vote against Trump more than to vote for Biden.

[bullwinkle428]

3. What's the deal with 2012? Obama beat Romney comfortably!

[BusyBeingBest]

4. Repubs voting against Obama (birtherism, etc.)--they weren't really sold on Romney.