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What was the main reason you did not vote?
Asked of: Post-election wave respondents
Main reason for not voting · Asked in 1 wave, 2018 · 9,516 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Post-election wave item: weight with extra.weight_post (commonpostweight). Wording from the year's CES guide.
| Group | I forgot | I'm not interested | Too busy | Did not like the candidates | I am not registered | I did not have the correct form of identification | Out of town | Sick or disabled | Transportation | Bad weather | The line at the polls was too long | I was not allowed to vote at the polls, even though I tried | I requested but did not receive an absentee ballot | I did not know where to vote | I did not feel that I knew enough about the choices | Other | n | MoE | |
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| All respondents |
Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2018 · US adults 18+ (YouGov opt-in panels, sample-matched to an ACS frame and weighted). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2018 | 2018-09-27 to 2018-11-05 | web | 60,000 | 9,516 |
| 3% |
| 14% |
| 8% |
| 8% |
| 21% |
| 2% |
| 5% |
| 8% |
| 3% |
| 1% |
| 2% |
| 1% |
| 2% |
| 2% |
| 11% |
| 10% |
| 9516 |
| ±2 |
| AK † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | ±46 |
| AL | 5% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 25% | 2% | 14% | 13% | 3% | 1% | – | 0% | 1% | 0% | 8% | 7% | 194 | ±11 |
| AR † | 1% | 14% | 17% | 4% | 22% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 1% | 1% | 2% | – | 0% | 1% | 15% | 5% | 114 | ±14 |
| AZ | 3% | 9% | 10% | 5% | 21% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 17% | 188 | ±12 |
| CA | 3% | 14% | 8% | 8% | 22% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 12% | 12% | 739 | ±7 |
| CO † | 4% | 21% | 10% | 8% | 19% | – | 2% | 3% | 3% | 0% | – | – | 3% | 0% | 13% | 12% | 100 | ±14 |
| CT | 1% | 11% | 6% | 16% | 22% | 0% | 2% | 10% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | – | 15% | 12% | 135 | ±12 |
| DC † | – | 14% | – | 6% | 20% | – | – | 6% | – | – | – | – | 9% | – | 27% | 19% | 33 | ±22 |
| DE † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33 | ±30 |
| FL | 1% | 10% | 9% | 5% | 24% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 12% | 12% | 605 | ±7 |
| GA | 3% | 19% | 8% | 5% | 21% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 8% | 10% | 317 | ±9 |
| HI † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | ±30 |
| IA † | 1% | 31% | 7% | 7% | 13% | 1% | 1% | 12% | 1% | – | – | – | 2% | 1% | 10% | 13% | 71 | ±21 |
| ID † | – | 12% | 10% | 5% | 27% | – | 9% | 4% | 3% | – | – | – | 1% | – | 22% | 6% | 47 | ±18 |
| IL | 6% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 19% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 13% | 7% | 409 | ±8 |
| IN | 4% | 9% | 17% | 9% | 15% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 10% | – | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 10% | 10% | 240 | ±11 |
| KS † | 10% | 12% | 3% | 7% | 19% | 0% | 1% | 7% | 1% | 2% | – | 1% | 11% | – | 23% | 3% | 65 | ±18 |
| KY | 3% | 19% | 6% | 8% | 19% | 1% | 3% | 19% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 3% | 188 | ±11 |
| LA | 6% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 23% | 2% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 0% | – | 1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 157 | ±12 |
| MA | 5% | 17% | 11% | 6% | 18% | – | 5% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 6% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 11% | 181 | ±11 |
| MD † | 3% | 11% | 6% | 5% | 19% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 11% | 2% | 7% | – | 1% | 0% | 8% | 15% | 163 | ±14 |
| ME † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 55 | ±24 |
| MI | – | 9% | 6% | 7% | 27% | 0% | 4% | 12% | 3% | 2% | – | 0% | 5% | 2% | 12% | 11% | 255 | ±10 |
| MN † | – | 11% | 3% | 17% | 15% | 1% | 7% | 13% | 2% | 6% | 1% | – | 3% | – | 12% | 9% | 116 | ±16 |
| MO | 8% | 17% | 8% | 5% | 13% | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 10% | 8% | 180 | ±13 |
| MS † | 10% | 13% | 11% | 10% | 22% | 4% | 2% | 10% | 9% | – | – | – | 0% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 89 | ±15 |
| MT † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | ±37 |
| NC | 3% | 13% | 5% | 8% | 17% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 16% | 10% | 348 | ±8 |
| ND † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | ±32 |
| NE † | 1% | 22% | 11% | 5% | 22% | – | 4% | 6% | – | 5% | – | – | – | 1% | 21% | 1% | 56 | ±17 |
| NH † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 44 | ±23 |
| NJ | 1% | 16% | 5% | 9% | 27% | 0% | 7% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 12% | 246 | ±9 |
| NM † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | ±26 |
| NV † | – | 21% | 3% | 14% | 19% | 3% | 20% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 104 | ±16 |
| NY | 2% | 14% | 7% | 11% | 15% | 1% | 5% | 11% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 12% | 645 | ±7 |
| OH | 2% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 16% | 1% | 6% | 8% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 15% | 10% | 361 | ±8 |
| OK | 1% | 10% | 6% | 7% | 35% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 2% | – | 1% | – | 0% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 112 | ±14 |
| OR † | 1% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 22% | 1% | 4% | 6% | 1% | – | – | 1% | 2% | – | 22% | 11% | 94 | ±14 |
| PA | 3% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 24% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 11% | 7% | 581 | ±6 |
| RI † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 41 | ±28 |
| SC | 1% | 18% | 6% | 5% | 19% | 2% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 10% | 14% | 182 | ±10 |
| SD † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | ±37 |
| TN | 3% | 14% | 5% | 10% | 27% | 2% | 4% | 9% | 2% | – | 2% | 0% | – | 1% | 10% | 12% | 252 | ±9 |
| TX | 2% | 13% | 6% | 5% | 22% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 10% | 7% | 796 | ±6 |
| UT † | 2% | 9% | 3% | 6% | 34% | 8% | – | 5% | – | – | 9% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 8% | 7% | 87 | ±17 |
| VA | 2% | 12% | 6% | 4% | 22% | 1% | 7% | 8% | 2% | 5% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 13% | 11% | 250 | ±10 |
| VT † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | ±35 |
| WA | 2% | 17% | 9% | 5% | 23% | – | 2% | 3% | 0% | – | 3% | 1% | 2% | – | 10% | 22% | 155 | ±12 |
| WI | 11% | 15% | 6% | 14% | 10% | 1% | 4% | 8% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 14% | 10% | 187 | ±11 |
| WV | 5% | 10% | 6% | 6% | 34% | 1% | 3% | 15% | 2% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 10% | 98 | ±13 |
| WY † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | ±29 |