A recent poll by NBC News found that the level of interest in the upcoming election has decreased to the lowest point in almost twenty years, with only 64 percent of registered voters showing a high level of interest in the election in November.
The results of the poll show a drop compared to previous NBC News polls conducted at this time in the 2008 (74 percent), 2012 (67 percent), 2016 (69 percent), and 2020 (77 percent) presidential elections.
According to NBC, the lowest level of high election interest in the poll during a presidential cycle was in March 2012 — at 59%.
The poll, which involved 1,000 registered voters, also asked participants who they would vote for with former President Donald Trump as the Republican candidate and President Joe Biden as the Democratic candidate.
Trump was slightly ahead of Biden by 2 points, with 46 percent to 44 percent — a decline from Trump’s 5-point lead in January, which was 47 percent to 42 percent.
Fifty percent of participants also expressed that Trump is being held to the same standard as anyone else in relation to his numerous legal challenges, and 43% believe he’s being unfairly targeted in these trials.
The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points and was conducted from April 12-16.
