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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, 2020 · 5,899 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 | I was afraid I might expose myself to the coronavirus | Other | n | MoE | |
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| All respondents |
Cooperative Election Study 2020 · 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 Election Study 2020 | 2020-09-29 to 2020-12-14 | web | 61,000 | 5,899 |
| 2% |
| 14% |
| 4% |
| 12% |
| 26% |
| 3% |
| 2% |
| 6% |
| 2% |
| 1% |
| 2% |
| 1% |
| 2% |
| 1% |
| 4% |
| 7% |
| 12% |
| 5899 |
| ±2 |
| AK † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | ±41 |
| AL † | 5% | 16% | 1% | 5% | 18% | 1% | 13% | 8% | 2% | – | 3% | – | 1% | 3% | 4% | 11% | 7% | 124 | ±15 |
| AR † | – | 15% | 0% | 3% | 26% | 10% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 13% | 1% | – | 9% | 4% | 10% | 92 | ±18 |
| AZ † | 1% | 19% | 3% | 12% | 33% | – | 1% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 0% | – | 1% | 0% | 5% | 6% | 13% | 122 | ±15 |
| CA | 2% | 11% | 5% | 16% | 26% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 7% | 5% | 15% | 416 | ±7 |
| CO † | 2% | 24% | 2% | 11% | 35% | – | 1% | 2% | 3% | – | – | 1% | 0% | – | 5% | 3% | 13% | 73 | ±16 |
| CT † | 0% | 7% | 12% | 10% | 30% | 3% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | – | – | 4% | 14% | 9% | 71 | ±17 |
| DC † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | ±33 |
| DE † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | ±29 |
| FL | 2% | 12% | 3% | 11% | 32% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 6% | 0% | 2% | 5% | 11% | 436 | ±7 |
| GA | 3% | 14% | 3% | 16% | 22% | 3% | 0% | 5% | 2% | – | 6% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 12% | 207 | ±11 |
| HI † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | ±30 |
| IA † | – | 21% | 2% | 6% | 16% | 3% | – | 11% | 1% | – | – | 5% | 10% | – | 9% | 5% | 12% | 46 | ±17 |
| ID † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | ±23 |
| IL | 1% | 19% | 2% | 9% | 22% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 1% | 6% | 11% | 12% | 212 | ±11 |
| IN † | 0% | 25% | 1% | 12% | 24% | 1% | 2% | 11% | 1% | – | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 7% | 4% | 8% | 157 | ±14 |
| KS † | – | 12% | 2% | 16% | 30% | – | 1% | 6% | – | – | 1% | – | – | 1% | 7% | 2% | 20% | 47 | ±20 |
| KY † | 1% | 15% | 7% | 4% | 28% | – | 1% | 6% | 4% | – | – | 4% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 11% | 17% | 112 | ±15 |
| LA † | – | 23% | 8% | 6% | 29% | 2% | 10% | 4% | 0% | – | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 7% | 8% | 69 | ±19 |
| MA † | 1% | 12% | 1% | 10% | 32% | 1% | – | 4% | 5% | – | 6% | 2% | 1% | – | 4% | 12% | 10% | 105 | ±15 |
| MD † | – | 18% | 0% | 8% | 27% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 10% | 9% | 13% | 107 | ±14 |
| ME † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | ±28 |
| MI | 0% | 8% | 5% | 29% | 14% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 1% | – | 0% | 1% | 6% | 0% | 4% | 7% | 10% | 152 | ±13 |
| MN † | 2% | 12% | 1% | 9% | 23% | 3% | 1% | 24% | – | – | – | – | – | 0% | 11% | 7% | 6% | 49 | ±20 |
| MO † | 2% | 21% | 4% | 5% | 24% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 15% | 5% | 139 | ±14 |
| MS † | – | 25% | 5% | 13% | 25% | 1% | 3% | 7% | – | – | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 6% | 10% | 68 | ±17 |
| MT † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | ±52 |
| NC | 1% | 11% | 7% | 9% | 30% | 1% | 1% | 9% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 6% | 13% | 148 | ±11 |
| ND † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | ±30 |
| NE † | 3% | 12% | – | 12% | 35% | 13% | – | 1% | 9% | 1% | – | – | 2% | 6% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 38 | ±21 |
| NH † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | ±32 |
| NJ † | 1% | 15% | 7% | 12% | 33% | 2% | 0% | 5% | – | 5% | 6% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 7% | 142 | ±15 |
| NM † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | ±31 |
| NV † | – | 21% | 7% | 18% | 15% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 1% | – | 1% | 3% | 6% | – | 2% | 11% | 8% | 75 | ±16 |
| NY | 5% | 11% | 2% | 11% | 26% | 7% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 6% | 12% | 400 | ±8 |
| OH | 1% | 13% | 0% | 11% | 31% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 12% | 270 | ±10 |
| OK † | 0% | 10% | 4% | 24% | 16% | 2% | 1% | 7% | 1% | – | 4% | 0% | 3% | – | 5% | 18% | 5% | 89 | ±18 |
| OR † | – | 25% | 4% | 19% | 28% | 9% | – | – | 1% | 0% | – | – | 1% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 52 | ±22 |
| PA | 0% | 15% | 1% | 10% | 42% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 5% | 13% | 304 | ±7 |
| RI † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | ±39 |
| SC † | – | 12% | 11% | 8% | 29% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 12% | 0% | 0% | – | 9% | 4% | 9% | 116 | ±16 |
| SD † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | ±36 |
| TN | 6% | 7% | 1% | 5% | 35% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 0% | 2% | 8% | 2% | – | 2% | 6% | 8% | 167 | ±13 |
| TX | 2% | 9% | 3% | 15% | 24% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 13% | 524 | ±7 |
| UT † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 47 | ±24 |
| VA | 1% | 16% | 1% | 13% | 27% | – | 0% | 11% | 3% | 2% | 2% | – | 1% | – | 2% | 5% | 17% | 132 | ±13 |
| VT † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | ±41 |
| WA | 2% | 22% | 3% | 8% | 21% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 1% | – | – | 7% | – | 3% | 8% | 13% | 121 | ±12 |
| WI † | 1% | 14% | 13% | 22% | 12% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 3% | – | – | – | 7% | – | 6% | 3% | 11% | 112 | ±15 |
| WV † | 0% | 9% | 1% | 15% | 21% | – | – | 14% | 2% | – | – | – | 4% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 26% | 60 | ±21 |
| WY † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | ±36 |