These are the topline results of a YouGov/Huffington Post survey of 1000 US adults interviewed November 5 - 6, 2014 on voting in the 2014 midterms. The results show that most people think that most of the coutnry voted in the 2014 midterms. The margin of error is 4.3%.
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What percentage of Americans do you think voted in the most recent midterm election?
mean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
median . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Compared with 20 years ago, would you say that voting today is:
Easier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57%
Harder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%
If you found out that someone you knew was eligible to vote but did not, would you:
Think less highly of them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27%
Not change your opinion of them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64%
Think more highly of them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%
Do you feel that all eligible American citizens should vote, or should people only vote if they are well-informed about the elections?
All eligible American citizens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46%
Only people who are well-informed should vote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%
Which of the following do you think is more important?
Making sure that no one is able to commit voter fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55%
Making sure that no one who is eligible to vote is prevented from doing so 37%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%
