Press Release Two Thirds of Americans Are in Favor of Limiting Presidential Campaigns Ipsos Latest Poll on Behalf of the Center for Public Integrity Washington, DC, April 24, 2017 -- Across party identification, a majority of Americans are in favor of limiting presidential campaigns. Two thirds (65%) believe presidential campaigns should come in a limited time frame as opposed to 23% who don't believe they should be limited at all. However, there is a discrepancy over how long that time frame should be, with a majority in favor of it starting one year before Election Day (32%). Closely following that start date is six months before Election Day, which 27% of Americans believe is the right time frame. Democrats are evenly tied between both these dates (28% for six months, 29% for one year), while Republicans are more divided. A third of Republicans are in favor of the one year start date (35%), while 28% believe six months is better. Few Americans are in favor of a four year campaign season (5%) or six week campaigns (7%). 1. Which is closer to your opinion? Americans presidential campaigns should come in a limited time frame American presidential campaigns should not be limited Don't know. 2. Democrat 65% 71% 63% 66% 23% 20% 30% 21% 12% 9% 7% 13% Total 7% 13% 27% 32% 8% 5% 7% Tel: Democrat 9% 16% 28% 29% 9% 5% 4% Republican Independent 6% 8% 11% 13% 28% 26% 35% 35% 9% 8% 6% 4% 4% 5% Do you consider yourself a Democrat, a Republican, an Independent or none of these? Total 16% Strong Democrat Address: Republican Independent If there were time limits placed on American presidential campaigns, what do you think is the right time frame for election campaigns to start? Six weeks before Election Day Three months before Election Day Six months before Election Day One year before Election Day Two years before Election Day Four years before Election Day Don't know 3. Total 2020 K Street NW, Suite 410 Washington, DC 20006 +1 202 463-7300 Contact: Email: Tel: Chris Jackson Vice President, U.S., Ipsos Public Affairs chris.jackson@ipsos.com +1 202 420-2025 1 Press Release - continued - Moderate Democrat Lean Democrat Lean Republican Moderate Republican Strong Republican Independent None of these Don't know / Refused Address: Tel: 2020 K Street NW, Suite 410 Washington, DC 20006 +1 202 463-7300 Contact: Email: Tel: 16% 9% 6% 14% 9% 19% 6% 4% Chris Jackson Vice President, U.S., Ipsos Public Affairs chris.jackson@ipsos.com +1 202 420-2025 2 Press Release - continued - About the Study These are findings from an Ipsos poll conducted April 21-24, 2017 on behalf of the Center for Public Integrity. For the survey, a sample of roughly 1,005 adults age 18+ from the continental U.S., Alaska and Hawaii was interviewed online in English. The sample includes 376 Democrats, 329 Republicans, and 193 Independents. 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All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error and measurement error. Where figures do not sum to 100, this is due to the effects of rounding. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for all respondents. Ipsos calculates a design effect (DEFF) for each study based on the variation of the weights, following the formula of Kish (1965). This study had a credibility interval adjusted for design effect of the following (n=1,005, DEFF=1.5, adjusted Confidence Interval=5). The poll also has a credibility interval plus or minus 5.8 percentage points for Democrats, plus or minus 6.2 percentage points for Republicans, and plus or minus 8.0 percentage points for Independents. 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