Tired of the time change we do twice a year? Most Americans are, according to a new Gallup poll, out just ahead of this weekend’s kickoff of daylight saving time. It finds people are over the practice of shifting their clocks back and forth for daylight saving time and the majority would rather stick with one system all year.
The survey shows that more than half (54%) are ready to do away with the bi-annual time adjustment.
- But people are divided about where they want the clocks to stay.
- When asked to choose between three options, 48% say they want standard time year-round, even during the summer.
- A quarter (24%) want to stick with daylight saving time all year, including the winter.
- And 19% would prefer to keep switching back and forth between the two.
- This means more than seven in 10 Americans would rather not have any clock changes during the year.
- This poll is the first time Gallup has asked Americans’ opinions about daylight saving time since 1999, and support for it has tanked in the decades since.
- Back in 1999, 73% were in favor of daylight saving time, and in 1990, 74% supported it.
Source: Gallup