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Should Election Day be a federal holiday?

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The facts

Federal general elections are held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, a date set by Congress in 1845.

The United States currently observes 11 federal holidays, with Juneteenth becoming the most recent in 2021.

The For the People Act (H.R. 1), passed by the House in 2021, included a provision to make Election Day a federal holiday; it did not pass the Senate.

A Pew Research Center survey in 2018 found that 65% of Americans supported making Election Day a national holiday.

Federal holidays directly apply to federal workers and federally chartered banks; private employers are not required by federal law to give employees the day off.

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Should Election Day be a federal holiday?

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Yes — make Election Day a paid federal holiday0%

Yes — but pair it with weekend voting or expanded early voting0%

No — expand mail-in and early voting instead0%

No — keep the current system as-is0%

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How states are voting

Demo data

Once geographic aggregates ship, this section shows your state and the most dramatic agreement/disagreement around the country.

Virginia

55% Yes

Your state

Florida

51% No

leans opposite

Pennsylvania

53% Yes

close split

Michigan

57% Yes

strongest shift

Texas

54% No

disagrees

Georgia

50% Yes

nearly tied

Northeast

58% Yes

South

47% Yes

Midwest

54% Yes

West

61% Yes

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Live shifts

Demo data

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YES gained 4% nationally in the last hour as new votes surged from the Northeast.

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Florida flipped toward NO after trending narrowly YES earlier this afternoon.

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1,248 new votes were submitted in the last 10 minutes.

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Yes — make Election Day a paid federal holiday0%

Yes — but pair it with weekend voting or expanded early voting0%

No — expand mail-in and early voting instead0%

No — keep the current system as-is0%