59% of US gamers say they’ll vote in the next presidential election
Gamers are also likely voters, according to a new survey published by the Entertainment Software Association. According to its survey of more than 4,000 Americans, 59% of videogame players say they are “certain” they will be voting in the 2020 presidential election.
That tracks pretty closely with voter turnout nationally. About 58.1% of eligible American voters participated in the 2016 election, but it does cut against the notion that gamers aren’t as civically engaged as their non-gaming peers.
In terms of party affiliation, 37% of gamers identify as Democrats, while 33% are Republicans. 18% of gamers said they were independent, and 12% fell into the “other” category (this would presumably include monarchists who play too much Crusader Kings 2).
That Democrat/Republican split is more pronounced among gamers than it is with US voters more generally. Gallup’s latest polling has 27% of Americans leaning toward the Republican party, and 26% leaning Democratic. 44% of respondents in Gallup’s survey said they were independent.
GamesIndustry.biz highlights a couple more interesting statistics included in the ESA survey. For instance, gamers were more likely to report having a creative hobby than non-gamers (56% vs. 49%), and gamers are more likely to meditate (32% vs. 27%).
from PCGamesN http://bit.ly/2VjvKAW
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