What share of Americans secretly vote different from their partners?

[Lauren Taylor]

WOULD YOU LIE TO YOUR SPOUSE ABOUT WHO YOU’RE VOTING FOR?

A NEW POLL SHOWS THAT FOR SOME AMERICANS, THE BALLOT BOX IS A PLACE FOR SECRECY… EVEN FROM THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS.

THE YOUGOV POLL FOUND THAT 1 IN 8 WOMEN ADMIT THEY’VE SECRETLY VOTED DIFFERENTLY THAN THEIR PARTNERS… AND IT’S NOT JUST WOMEN.

ABOUT 1 IN 10 MEN SAY THEY’VE DONE THE SAME, VOTING ONE WAY WHILE THEIR PARTNERS BELIEVE OTHERWISE.

IN THIS YEAR’S HIGHLY POLARIZED ELECTION, 40 PERCENT OF WOMEN BELIEVE THEIR PARTNERS ARE VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP, WHILE 38 PERCENT ARE PLANNING TO VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS THEMSELVES. ON THE OTHER HAND, 46 PERCENT OF MEN THINK THEIR PARTNERS WILL VOTE FOR TRUMP, AND 40 PERCENT PLAN TO SUPPORT HARRIS.

AND, FOR SOME, RELATIONSHIPS FACTOR INTO VOTING DECISIONS IN OTHER WAYS. FIVE PERCENT OF WOMEN SAID THEY’VE ACTUALLY CHANGED THEIR VOTES IN THE PAST TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH THEIR PARTNERS.

THIS DATA ARRIVES JUST AS THE CONCEPT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN A POLITICAL AD FROM VOTE COMMON GOOD, WHERE TWO WOMEN ARE SHOWN SECRETLY VOTING FOR KAMALA HARRIS WITHOUT SPECIFICALLY TELLING THEIR PARTNERS.

THE AD, NARRATED BY JULIA ROBERTS, CAUSED AN UPROAR WITH CONSERVATIVE MEDIA PUNDITS… LIKENING THE NOTION OF VOTING SECRETLY WITH INFIDELITY.

NATIONALLY, YOUGOV’S POLLING SHOWS A 5-POINT ADVANTAGE FOR TRUMP AMONG MEN, WHILE WOMEN FAVOR HARRIS BY 7 POINTS.

WHETHER OR NOT PARTNERS ARE IN SYNC AT THE POLLS, ONE THING IS CLEAR… AT LEAST 10-PERCENT OF *ALL* VOTERS ARE KEEPING A SECRET.

FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS… I’M LAUREN TAYLOR.

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