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Was there any other reason you did not vote?
Asked of: Post-election wave respondents
Second reason for not voting · Asked in 1 wave, 2020 · 4,021 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 | 4,021 |
| 2% |
| 10% |
| 5% |
| 10% |
| 19% |
| 2% |
| 2% |
| 4% |
| 4% |
| 1% |
| 3% |
| 1% |
| 2% |
| 1% |
| 7% |
| 11% |
| 16% |
| 4021 |
| ±3 |
| White | 2% | 9% | 5% | 10% | 20% | 2% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 11% | 15% | 2615 | ±3 |
| Black | 2% | 11% | 3% | 10% | 12% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 7% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 6% | 10% | 23% | 469 | ±7 |
| Hispanic | 3% | 10% | 6% | 7% | 23% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 12% | 15% | 606 | ±7 |
| Asian | 1% | 11% | 5% | 13% | 14% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 3% | – | 1% | – | 14% | 17% | 13% | 175 | ±12 |
| Other | 3% | 10% | 5% | 4% | 14% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | – | 2% | 1% | 6% | 2% | 20% | 6% | 19% | 156 | ±12 |