Poll Results. What Do American's Think About Sunday's Time Change

With all the Halloween hoopla happening today, it might be easy to forget that something many Americans dread is also this weekend: the end of daylight saving time. It turns out, even that potential extra hour of sleep isn’t enough to make people happy about rolling the clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday.

According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, only 12% of U.S. adults like the current system of changing the clocks twice a year. Nearly half (47%) are opposed to it, including 27% who are “strongly opposed,” while 40% are neutral.

• For many Americans, this isn’t a welcome change, and if they were forced to choose, most would prefer to keep that extra hour of daylight in the evening.
• Overall, 56% prefer to have year-round daylight saving time, which comes with less light in the morning and more in the evening, and 42% would like standard time all year, with more light in the morning and less in the evening.
• That preference may have to do with being an early bird or a night owl. The poll finds that 40% consider themselves morning people, 37% feel they’re night people and 22% don’t identify either way.
• Those who consider themselves night people tend to be much more partial to permanent daylight saving time, 61% of them say that would be their choice.
• Morning people are almost evenly split, 49% prefer permanent daylight saving time and 50% would like permanent standard time.
• Age also plays a part here, with 56% of young adults preferring late nights and older adults more likely to be morning people.
• Younger Americans are less likely to care about the clock switch, as 51% of those under age 30 say they don’t care one way or the other.

Source: AP-NORC