This is quite interesting – especially that 63% of the 18-29 year olds polled believe we will never be a paperless society. That is quite contrary to what seems to be the common belief that this age bracket lives and prefers to live electronically. What isn’t mentioned is WHY they think we will never go paperless – is it because they prefer something tangible vs digital, or do they just have no faith that it can be pulled off. I wrote to the Poll Position to see if I can get any further info on that but in the meantime this is a nice way to start off the New Year!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
More Than Half of Americans Think the U.S. Will Never Go Paperless
Atlanta, Ga. – January 3, 2012 – Since electronic devices play such a big part in our daily lives, Poll Position wanted to know if Americans think the U.S. could ever be a paperless society?
In a national scientific telephone survey Poll Position found that 56% of Americans said they don’t think the U.S. would ever be a paperless society, while 20% said yes, one day we’ll all go paperless. Twenty-four percent of Americans were undecided or had no opinion on the question.
The 18-29 age group had the strongest opinion and 63% said the U.S. would never be a paperless society and 23% said we could be a paperless society.
Results from men and women were similar with 56% of men and women both saying we could never be a paperless society.
Along party lines more Republicans (58%) than Democrats (51%) believed we would never be a paperless society.
See a breakdown of survey participants by age, race, gender, and political affiliation in crosstabs for this poll at http://media.pollposition.com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/Poll-Position-crosstabs-paperless-society.pdf.
Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,142 registered voters nationwide was conducted December 6, 2011 and has a margin of error of ±3%. Poll results are weighted to be a representative sampling of all American adults.
What do you think? Do you think the United States will ever be a paperless society? Vote in our online companion poll and comment at http://pollposition.com/2011/12/24/will-we-ever-go-paper-less. /
The online companion poll in which you can vote provides unscientific results, meaning it’s a tally of participating Poll Position users, not a nationally representative sampling.
Poll Position is committed to transparency and upholding the highest professional standards in its polling, explaining why we provide you with the crosstabs of our scientific polls. Crosstabs provide a breakdown of survey participants by age, race, gender, and political affiliation.
Learn more about Poll Position’s polling methodology at http://pollposition.com/2011/09/26/our-polling-methodology/.
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