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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 |
| AK † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | ±43 |
| AL † | 2% | 7% | 13% | 4% | 19% | – | 3% | 9% | 4% | – | 4% | – | 1% | 9% | 1% | 8% | 16% | 90 | ±17 |
| AR † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 60 | ±24 |
| AZ † | – | 6% | 7% | 7% | 28% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 3% | 2% | – | 0% | 1% | 14% | 9% | 11% | 78 | ±18 |
| CA | 1% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 27% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 18% | 277 | ±9 |
| CO † | 3% | 14% | 3% | 8% | 25% | 6% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 0% | 2% | – | 4% | – | 7% | 4% | 9% | 55 | ±17 |
| CT † | 8% | 10% | 6% | 6% | 28% | 1% | 2% | 17% | 2% | – | – | – | – | – | 2% | 8% | 11% | 51 | ±21 |
| DC † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | ±36 |
| DE † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | ±36 |
| FL | 2% | 15% | 5% | 11% | 17% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 9% | 9% | 16% | 266 | ±10 |
| GA | 2% | 9% | 6% | 4% | 24% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 5% | – | 4% | 0% | 5% | 20% | 16% | 149 | ±14 |
| HI † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | ±37 |
| IA † | – | 10% | 3% | 15% | 14% | – | – | 2% | 6% | 2% | 3% | – | 3% | – | 6% | 8% | 28% | 35 | ±20 |
| ID † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | ±25 |
| IL | 2% | 6% | 4% | 21% | 29% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 8% | – | 1% | – | 1% | 1% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 154 | ±13 |
| IN | 1% | 9% | 4% | 8% | 33% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 1% | – | 1% | 7% | 6% | 14% | 111 | ±13 |
| KS † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | ±24 |
| KY † | – | 10% | 2% | 14% | 15% | – | 2% | 2% | 4% | – | 7% | – | 8% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 25% | 73 | ±21 |
| LA † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 48 | ±25 |
| MA † | 0% | 17% | 1% | 4% | 29% | 3% | – | 18% | – | 2% | – | – | 3% | – | 6% | 9% | 9% | 66 | ±21 |
| MD † | 0% | 6% | 4% | 11% | 12% | – | – | 5% | 12% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 23% | 19% | 73 | ±18 |
| ME † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | ±31 |
| MI † | 0% | 18% | 2% | 6% | 18% | – | 3% | 9% | 1% | 6% | 1% | – | 1% | – | 11% | 14% | 10% | 118 | ±14 |
| MN † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | ±27 |
| MO † | 3% | 4% | 0% | 12% | 8% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 4% | – | 20% | – | 4% | 1% | 20% | 4% | 14% | 103 | ±19 |
| MS † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | ±23 |
| MT † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | ±29 |
| NC † | 1% | 19% | 2% | 8% | 19% | – | 4% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 1% | – | – | 7% | 17% | 14% | 98 | ±14 |
| ND † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | ±34 |
| NE † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | ±28 |
| NH † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | ±32 |
| NJ † | 4% | 11% | 15% | 5% | 18% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 5% | – | 3% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 10% | 88 | ±18 |
| NM † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | ±35 |
| NV † | 1% | 24% | 6% | 9% | 13% | 0% | – | – | 6% | – | 3% | 4% | – | – | 3% | 21% | 10% | 54 | ±19 |
| NY | 5% | 5% | 3% | 15% | 17% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 13% | 16% | 267 | ±10 |
| OH | 1% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 17% | 5% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 8% | 2% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 16% | 183 | ±12 |
| OK † | 6% | 16% | 7% | 5% | 12% | 2% | 11% | – | 2% | 4% | 1% | – | – | 6% | 19% | 2% | 7% | 63 | ±21 |
| OR † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 38 | ±25 |
| PA | 1% | 10% | 4% | 7% | 36% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 20% | 173 | ±9 |
| RI † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | ±44 |
| SC † | 2% | 7% | 4% | 15% | 13% | – | 1% | 9% | 1% | 3% | 3% | – | 1% | 1% | 0% | 25% | 16% | 82 | ±19 |
| SD † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | ±39 |
| TN † | 1% | 11% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 4% | – | 11% | – | 1% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 31% | 107 | ±17 |
| TX | 3% | 12% | 6% | 8% | 15% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 8% | 10% | 19% | 383 | ±8 |
| UT † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | ±36 |
| VA † | 11% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 21% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | – | – | 3% | 2% | 14% | 9% | 15% | 92 | ±17 |
| VT † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | ±62 |
| WA † | – | 9% | 2% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 1% | 15% | 0% | – | – | – | 5% | 1% | 7% | 14% | 18% | 82 | ±16 |
| WI † | 2% | 16% | 0% | 23% | 11% | – | – | 9% | – | 1% | 3% | – | 1% | – | 13% | 15% | 5% | 83 | ±18 |
| WV † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 41 | ±26 |
| WY † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | ±48 |