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What was the main reason you did not vote?
Asked of: Post-election wave respondents
Main reason for not voting in 2024 · Asked in 1 wave, 2024 · 5,616 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 2024 · 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 2024 | 2024-10-01 to 2024-12-09 | web | 60,000 | 5,616 |
| 1% |
| 17% |
| 3% |
| 12% |
| 33% |
| 2% |
| 2% |
| 4% |
| 2% |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| 1% |
| 1% |
| 1% |
| 5% |
| 0% |
| 15% |
| 5616 |
| ±2 |
| AK † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | ±37 |
| AL † | 15% | 26% | 0% | 9% | 32% | 3% | 0% | 4% | 2% | – | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 112 | ±19 |
| AR † | 2% | 19% | – | 18% | 29% | 0% | 1% | 10% | 4% | – | – | 3% | 0% | – | 1% | 1% | 12% | 100 | ±16 |
| AZ † | 1% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 48% | 8% | 1% | 2% | 0% | – | 0% | 5% | 0% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 104 | ±18 |
| CA | 0% | 20% | 2% | 10% | 29% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 21% | 414 | ±8 |
| CO † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | ±22 |
| CT † | – | 34% | 1% | 6% | 34% | – | 1% | 6% | 1% | – | 0% | 1% | 1% | – | 1% | 1% | 13% | 64 | ±20 |
| DC † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | ±28 |
| DE † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | ±27 |
| FL | 0% | 13% | 2% | 14% | 31% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 21% | 394 | ±10 |
| GA | – | 15% | 2% | 8% | 44% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 2% | – | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 16% | 191 | ±13 |
| HI † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | ±24 |
| IA † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 48 | ±29 |
| ID † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | ±31 |
| IL | 3% | 20% | 2% | 10% | 37% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 13% | 205 | ±13 |
| IN † | 2% | 25% | 0% | 7% | 34% | 1% | 0% | 7% | 2% | – | 0% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 4% | – | 10% | 134 | ±15 |
| KS † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | ±25 |
| KY † | 0% | 21% | 2% | 10% | 39% | 3% | 0% | 7% | 2% | – | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | – | – | 15% | 123 | ±14 |
| LA † | – | 32% | – | 10% | 25% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 0% | 0% | – | 3% | 4% | 2% | – | – | 18% | 83 | ±18 |
| MA † | 3% | 28% | 3% | 1% | 29% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 7% | – | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 4% | – | 14% | 87 | ±17 |
| MD † | – | 14% | 4% | 8% | 50% | 4% | 0% | 4% | 0% | – | 0% | 1% | 1% | – | 3% | 0% | 11% | 77 | ±20 |
| ME † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | ±25 |
| MI † | 0% | 18% | 9% | 14% | 12% | 3% | 1% | 12% | 1% | – | 0% | – | 3% | 0% | 6% | – | 19% | 137 | ±17 |
| MN † | – | 7% | 4% | 9% | 29% | 0% | 7% | 10% | 6% | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11% | 8% | – | 8% | 63 | ±21 |
| MO † | 0% | 28% | 0% | 10% | 33% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | – | 0% | 1% | 0% | – | 0% | – | 24% | 111 | ±18 |
| MS † | 1% | 24% | 0% | 8% | 21% | 9% | 1% | 5% | 16% | 0% | – | 2% | – | – | 1% | – | 12% | 88 | ±16 |
| MT † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | ±43 |
| NC † | 0% | 22% | 3% | 18% | 33% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 4% | – | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 8% | 162 | ±15 |
| ND † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | ±38 |
| NE † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | ±32 |
| NH † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | ±22 |
| NJ † | 3% | 16% | 0% | 13% | 31% | 0% | 4% | 5% | 1% | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 5% | – | 18% | 131 | ±15 |
| NM † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 39 | ±27 |
| NV † | 0% | 25% | 3% | 11% | 41% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5% | – | 3% | – | 1% | 4% | 7% | 62 | ±19 |
| NY | 1% | 13% | 4% | 12% | 30% | 0% | 6% | 6% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 9% | 0% | 16% | 351 | ±10 |
| OH | 0% | 21% | 4% | 13% | 35% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 7% | 0% | 13% | 247 | ±11 |
| OK † | 0% | 5% | 2% | 10% | 24% | 8% | 1% | 5% | 6% | – | 1% | 14% | 0% | 7% | 3% | – | 13% | 106 | ±20 |
| OR † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 58 | ±24 |
| PA | 0% | 21% | 4% | 9% | 43% | 7% | 1% | 4% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | – | 7% | 230 | ±12 |
| RI † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | ±25 |
| SC † | – | 14% | 1% | 17% | 44% | 0% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 4% | – | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | 12% | 114 | ±17 |
| SD † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | ±30 |
| TN † | 0% | 12% | 4% | 8% | 39% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 10% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 0% | – | 3% | – | 12% | 157 | ±14 |
| TX | 1% | 13% | 2% | 11% | 37% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 0% | 13% | 581 | ±7 |
| UT † | 3% | 11% | 0% | 19% | 30% | – | 1% | 0% | 0% | – | – | – | 0% | 3% | 7% | – | 26% | 54 | ±21 |
| VA † | – | 14% | 0% | 22% | 41% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 5% | – | – | 1% | 1% | 0% | 3% | – | 12% | 121 | ±15 |
| VT † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | ±37 |
| WA † | 6% | 11% | 1% | 21% | 35% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | – | – | – | 0% | 2% | 11% | – | 11% | 110 | ±18 |
| WI † | – | 12% | 6% | 32% | 15% | 0% | 0% | 12% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 9% | – | 10% | 118 | ±15 |
| WV † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 59 | ±31 |
| WY † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | ±32 |