"Americans’ enthusiasm about voting in this year’s election has surged in recent months, with 69% of U.S. adults now saying they are “more enthusiastic than usual” about voting. This is up from 54% in March.
"The Aug. 1-20 survey was conducted mostly before the Aug. 19-22 Democratic National Convention but after President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid on July 21. Party leaders quickly coalesced around Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee in the days after Biden's announcement.
"Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are largely driving the surge in enthusiasm nationally. In March, 55% of Democrats and Democratic leaners said they were more enthusiastic than usual about voting; now, 78% are. Republicans and Republican leaners, who held a slight edge in enthusiasm in March, now trail Democrats by a significant margin, with their current 64% enthusiasm score up slightly from 59% in the spring.
"As a result of these changes, election enthusiasm has shifted from being at an average level in March
to the highest Gallup has measured during a presidential election
campaign. Gallup measured similarly high enthusiasm -- 67% -- in
September 2020, October 2008 and August 2004 surveys..." (our emphasis) -- Gallup, Inc., with results of polling from August 1-20 (this is before the wildly successful DNC and its joyful, robust rollout of the Harris-Walz campaign). Enthusiasm generally translates into turnout. Make no mistake -- the MAGAts will turn out. That means Democrats, Democrat- leaners, anti-Trump Republicans, and independents need to turn out in unprecedented numbers to ensure the dominant victory needed to thwart the Malignant Loser and his cult's plans for an American Reich.
(Image: the "joyful warriors" / via the New Pittsburgh Courier)
