Seventy percent of Americans have thought a lot about the upcoming presidential election, according to a Gallup survey released on Monday.
The poll, conducted April 1-22, was conducted after former President Trump won enough delegates to be the presumed Republican presidential nominee.
The statistics indicate that people who belong to the major political parties are paying more attention compared to political independents. Specifically, 84% of Democrats, 78% of Republicans, and 61% of independents have given the election a lot of thought.
When independents are divided into those leaning towards a party, 76% of Democratic-leaning independents and 72% of Republican-leaning independents have given a lot of thought to the election.
Gallup observes that political independents tend to lean more towards the Republican party than the Democratic party.
Gallup has been posing this question to respondents during different presidential cycles since 1952. Researchers point out that the level of consideration Americans give to an election often corresponds to the voter turnout.
The results of the new survey may indicate high voter turnout. The level of attention is similar to that of previous election cycles in 2008 and 2020, but higher than in 2000, 2004, and 2012. Data from 2016 is not available.
Gallup pointed out that the 2008 and 2020 elections saw the highest voter turnout since 1968.
In the new survey, only 49% of respondents aged 18-29 reported thinking quite a lot about the election. On the other hand, 69% of 30 to 49-year-olds, 78% of 50 to 64-year-olds, and 82% of those 65 years and older have given the election a lot of thought.
The survey involved telephone interviews with 1,001 adults and had a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
