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Was there any other reason you did not vote?
Asked of: Post-election wave respondents
Second reason for not voting in 2024 · Asked in 1 wave, 2024 · 5,122 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 | 5,122 |
| 1% |
| 15% |
| 6% |
| 11% |
| 20% |
| 3% |
| 1% |
| 4% |
| 3% |
| 0% |
| 1% |
| 1% |
| 1% |
| 2% |
| 7% |
| 1% |
| 22% |
| 5122 |
| ±2 |
| AK † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | ±34 |
| AL † | 4% | 11% | 13% | 3% | 24% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 3% | – | 6% | – | – | 0% | 5% | 1% | 24% | 103 | ±20 |
| AR † | 2% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 15% | 0% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 0% | 6% | 2% | 8% | 4% | 15% | 3% | 15% | 92 | ±17 |
| AZ † | 1% | 28% | 5% | 1% | 31% | 0% | 8% | 1% | 0% | – | 0% | – | 0% | 5% | 7% | – | 13% | 91 | ±20 |
| CA | 0% | 11% | 7% | 11% | 20% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 28% | 375 | ±9 |
| CO † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 62 | ±24 |
| CT † | 9% | 15% | 6% | 14% | 19% | 12% | – | 1% | 4% | – | – | – | 1% | 2% | 8% | 1% | 10% | 59 | ±21 |
| DC † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | ±28 |
| DE † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | ±28 |
| FL | 3% | 12% | 7% | 10% | 17% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 34% | 363 | ±10 |
| GA † | 0% | 22% | 4% | 5% | 22% | 7% | 0% | 2% | 3% | – | 3% | 0% | 5% | 1% | 4% | 0% | 21% | 166 | ±14 |
| HI † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | ±24 |
| IA † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | ±32 |
| ID † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | ±35 |
| IL | 0% | 26% | 3% | 22% | 24% | 2% | 0% | 5% | 3% | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | 3% | – | 12% | 190 | ±14 |
| IN † | 2% | 14% | 1% | 16% | 26% | 4% | 0% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 1% | 15% | 123 | ±16 |
| KS † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | ±26 |
| KY † | – | 19% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 14% | 115 | ±14 |
| LA † | 1% | 9% | 0% | 19% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 19% | 2% | 4% | – | 2% | 0% | 1% | 6% | – | 20% | 71 | ±19 |
| MA † | 0% | 12% | 0% | 16% | 20% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 0% | – | 1% | 5% | 2% | 0% | 36% | 82 | ±17 |
| MD † | 0% | 17% | – | 17% | 4% | 8% | 0% | 5% | 8% | 0% | 2% | 5% | 0% | – | 1% | – | 32% | 69 | ±21 |
| ME † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | ±26 |
| MI † | 0% | 7% | 0% | 16% | 11% | – | 7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | – | 10% | – | 6% | 2% | 39% | 123 | ±18 |
| MN † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 58 | ±22 |
| MO † | 0% | 16% | 4% | 1% | 29% | 3% | 0% | 4% | 6% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 31% | 97 | ±19 |
| MS † | 5% | 12% | 7% | 2% | 34% | – | 1% | 2% | 4% | – | – | 0% | 0% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 15% | 77 | ±17 |
| MT † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | ±43 |
| NC † | 0% | 18% | 4% | 6% | 24% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | – | 0% | 5% | 5% | – | 28% | 152 | ±15 |
| ND † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | ±38 |
| NE † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | ±33 |
| NH † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | ±23 |
| NJ † | 0% | 16% | 2% | 4% | 33% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 7% | 0% | – | 1% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 28% | 120 | ±16 |
| NM † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | ±29 |
| NV † | – | 9% | 5% | 13% | 8% | – | 3% | 6% | 2% | – | – | – | – | 0% | 14% | 3% | 39% | 54 | ±20 |
| NY | 0% | 12% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 4% | 3% | 11% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 4% | 0% | 26% | 322 | ±10 |
| OH | 1% | 20% | 2% | 14% | 18% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 0% | 1% | – | 0% | 2% | 16% | 2% | 11% | 224 | ±11 |
| OK † | 2% | 9% | 10% | 2% | 18% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 8% | 0% | 18% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 1% | 13% | 99 | ±20 |
| OR † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 52 | ±25 |
| PA | – | 26% | 6% | 18% | 18% | 6% | 0% | 1% | 0% | – | 1% | 1% | 5% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 12% | 216 | ±13 |
| RI † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | ±26 |
| SC † | 12% | 21% | 6% | 7% | 20% | – | 0% | 5% | 0% | – | 6% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 4% | – | 17% | 101 | ±19 |
| SD † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | ±33 |
| TN † | 4% | 17% | 3% | 7% | 28% | 11% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | – | – | 0% | 15% | 0% | 13% | 144 | ±15 |
| TX | 1% | 11% | 8% | 11% | 23% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 9% | 2% | 18% | 540 | ±7 |
| UT † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 48 | ±22 |
| VA † | – | 25% | 1% | 5% | 15% | 3% | 1% | 7% | 10% | – | 0% | – | 0% | 3% | 9% | 3% | 17% | 111 | ±16 |
| VT † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | ±49 |
| WA † | – | 19% | 9% | 10% | 17% | 1% | 1% | 11% | 1% | 0% | – | 0% | – | 2% | 17% | – | 13% | 98 | ±18 |
| WI † | 0% | 22% | 6% | 6% | 25% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 5% | – | 0% | – | 21% | – | 7% | 113 | ±16 |
| WV † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 51 | ±33 |
| WY † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | ±33 |