After months of ads, social media brawls, unsolicited campaign phone calls, and polling models showing near statistical ties, almost one in three Americans (28%) don’t care who wins the election anymore, they just want it to be over.
This was especially true for millennials, as 35% said they just want to put the historic event behind them.
This is according to a survey by Talker Research of 1,000 U.S. adults split by political party, which looked at how the election is impacting Americans’ lives even as votes are being cast and counted.
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Results revealed many even admit that their social circles are feeling those effects, as 25% are avoiding certain friends and family members more in the weeks leading up to the election than in previous months.
Once again millennials lead the charge and are twice as likely as baby boomers to dodge their loved ones during this time (34% vs 17%).
One in 10 Americans took things a step further and called out of work on Election Day itself, while others toyed with the idea of taking off the day before (5%) or the day after (4%).
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Many are just trying to avoid the chaos altogether (29%) by not seeing their colleagues; though a quarter are trying to cut down on disagreements.
Men are more concerned than women about how the results of the election will be received overall (34% vs 13%), while women don’t want to discuss it with others (20% vs 14%).
Source: https://talker.news/2024/11/05/nearly-1-in-3-americans-just-want-the-election-to-be-over/