U.S. Cell Phone Users Open to Texting Their Vote for President

A survey by Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) suggests that many teens and their parents across the U.S. would rather vote by text message on their cell phones in the next election rather than go to the polls.

According to the short survey, more than half of all Democrats, Republicans and Independents surveyed say that if allowed, they’d text in their Presidential vote.

• More than six in ten (61%a) of respondents of legal voting age, age 18 and older, would be open to voting by text.
• Eight in ten (80%) teens, ages 13-17, say that if they were allowed to vote in this year’s Presidential election, they’d do it by text message instead of going to the polls.

The survey, commissioned by Samsung Mobile, was conducted by Kelton Research and included 300 American teens ages 13 - 19 and 500 American parents with children ages 13 - 19.

Posted to the site on 21st April 2008

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