FF Poll: Election Day

Q1. Pundits and politicians frequently say in the run-up to any given election, "This is the most important election of our time."

Which do you think was the most important of the US federal elections since 2000?

male

female

rep

ind

dem

18-29

30-44

45-64

65+

2000 Bush v Gore

8%

9%

6%

4%

10%

12%

10%

9%

7%

2002 Bush 1st midterm

1%

0%

1%

0%

3%

0%

2004 Bush v Kerry

0%

2006 Bush 2nd midterm

0%

2008 Obama v McCain

6%

3%

8%

2%

5%

9%

5%

7%

2010 Obama 1st midterm

1%

0%

2%

1%

0%

2%

1%

2012 Obama v Romney

1%

0%

2%

1%

2014 Obama 2nd midterm

0%

2016 Trump v Clinton

34%

41%

28%

44%

30%

26%

35%

41%

32%

31%

2018 Trump midterm

1%

2%

1%

2%

1%

2020 Biden v Trump

26%

22%

28%

21%

26%

31%

28%

17%

28%

26%

2022 Biden midterm

18%

14%

22%

19%

14%

17%

11%

17%

19%

24%

None of these all that important

2%

8%

0%

1%

3%

1%

Don't know

3%

4%

1%

5%

3%

1%

4%

5%

1%

Don't care

0%

1%

0%

Q2. Which of these do you prefer? (Please choose two, one from each of A and B)

male

female

rep

ind

dem

18-29

30-44

45-64

65+

Group A

Election day is a weekday

11%

12%

10%

20%

12%

2%

6%

5%

16%

Election day a weekday, made a federal holiday

65%

64%

50%

59%

79%

81%

71%

56%

53%

Election day a weekend day

6%

8%

4%

6%

7%

3%

10%

5%

Moot: election day is irrelevant with early voting gaining share

19%

15%

21%

25%

21%

13%

12%

14%

22%

26%

Group B

Strengthen voter ID requirements

46%

59%

35%

90%

51%

6%

49%

43%

50%

41%

Leave voter ID requirements same

38%

31%

45%

8%

36%

66%

35%

37%

36%

46%

Weaken voter ID requirments

11%

7%

14%

0%

9%

21%

14%

16%

8%

7%

None of these

1%

0%

1%

0%

1%

2%

0%

1%

2%

Don't care

0%

1%

0%

Don't know

0%

Q3. If election day were made a weekday federal holiday, what would happen to turnout among people of your political affiliation? (If you are unaffiliated, consider the impact on other unaffiliateds.)

male

female

rep

ind

dem

18-29

30-44

45-64

65+

Turnout would be much higher

31%

27%

34%

19%

27%

43%

30%

45%

28%

23%

Higher

33%

37%

31%

28%

36%

39%

43%

28%

31%

33%

Same

24%

26%

24%

38%

26%

12%

17%

16%

30%

32%

Lower

3%

4%

2%

5%

3%

2%

4%

3%

2%

Much lower

1%

0%

1%

0%

2%

Don't know

7%

6%

8%

7%

5%

7%

Don't care

1%

0%

1%

2%

1%

0%

2%

1%