A new survey shows that Republicans are a bit more excited about the upcoming general election in November, surpassing Democrats.
In the survey, Gallup released the poll on Thursday, and it showed that 59 percent of Republicans are more enthusiastic about voting in the upcoming election than in previous years, which is four points higher than the 55 percent of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents.
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say they are less enthusiastic about voting – 42 percent compared to 35 percent. However, both parties are less enthusiastic about voting now compared to four years ago, as the likelihood of a rematch of the 2020 election between President Biden and former President Trump becomes higher, according to the survey.
In a presidential primary, Democrats had the highest enthusiasm in 2008 when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ran against former President Obama, who was a senator at the time, as they each sought to clinch the Democratic nomination.
As Election Day approaches, Americans in general become more enthusiastic about voting, with the percentage of those feeling "more enthusiastic" reaching around 65 percent in early November, and the number of those feeling "less enthusiastic" dropping to around 23 percent, according to the poll. Pollsters said this has been true in each election since 2004, except for 2016 when Clinton and Trump faced off.
Gallup also pointed out a connection between the U.S. electorate’s voting enthusiasm and their views on whether Trump or Biden would be a good fit for office. More than two-thirds of respondents who believed Trump or Biden would be a good fit said they were enthusiastic to vote – 69 percent and 67 percent, respectively.
Among those who did not consider either candidate a good choice for president, only 24 percent said they were excited to cast their ballot in November, the survey revealed.
The Gallup survey, which had a 4 percentage point margin of error, was carried out between March 1-20 among 1,016 U.S. adults.
