Due to a new poll from Pew Research Center, just "35% favor keeping the current Electoral College system."
In January 2021, when the same question was asked, 55% wanted the president to be chosen by popular vote, while 43% wished to keep the current system.
Democrats and Democratic-leaning people are far more likely to back a popular vote, whereas Republicans and right-leaning people prefer the current system. This is relatively consistent with past surveys.
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Notably, those between the ages of 18 and 29 were more likely to favor a popular vote, at 70%. Just 28% of the demographic reported preferring the current system.
The numbers shifted accordingly in other age demographics, with older people demonstratively being more likely to support the Electoral College's ability to decide presidential elections.
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The poll of 6,174 adults in the United States was conducted between June 27 and July 4. The margin of error was plus or minus 1.8 percentage points.
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As in past years, Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are far more likely than Republicans and Republican leaners to support moving to a popular vote system (80% vs. 42%). The share of Democrats saying this is up 9 percentage points from January 2021, yet about on par with views in 2020. While a majority of Republicans (56%) proceed to say the current Electoral College system should be maintained, the share who now express approval for moving to a popular vote system is the highest it’s been since the 2016 election: 42% say this today, up from 37% in 2021 and only 27% in the immediate wake of the 2016 election.
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Liberal Democrats are especially likely to say they would prefer changing the system to be based on the popular vote (87% say this). By contrast, conservative Republicans are especially likely to prefer keeping the current system where the winner of the Electoral College vote takes office (66% say this).
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Younger adults are relatively more supportive of changing the system than older adults: Seven-in-ten Americans ages 18 to 29 back changing the system, compared with 56% of those 65 or older.
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And partisan divides in views of the Electoral College are most pronounced among those who pay the most attention to politics. Among partisans who say they follow what is going on in government and public affairs “most of the time,” 85% of Democrats – yet just 24% of Republicans – say they favor changing the system. For those who say they follow politics “only now and then” or “hardly at all,” there is a much smaller partisan gap, with 74% of Democrats and 59% of Republicans stating they favor changing the system.