As we turn our clocks back to Eastern Standard Time, there’s an increasing sentiment building to stop doing that in the near future. Proposals to leave Daylight Saving Time in effect all year are gaining support in many places around the nation. And bills to do that have been discussed at the committee level in Congress, but never brought to the Floor for a final vote.
The arguments have been largely beaten to a pulp over decades. And many people want it both ways: They love having more sunlight for long Summer evenings at the beach, on the golf course or in the backyard. But they don’t like pushing sunrises to almost 9 am in late December if Daylight Time would last all year. But most of all, it seems they are tiring of changing their clocks twice a year.
It appears, though, that the forces who favor “longer, lighter late afternoons” are winning, according to public opinion research in the past couple of years. In a recent survey by Civic Science, the combination of more light in the early evening and an end to “Spring Forward, Fall Back” clock changes is gaining favor. Here’s a graph that tracks the trends
CivicScience.com surveys thousands of consumers every week on a variety of subjects and issues. Their surveys are the short pop-up questions that you may see a the conclusion of many searches. Because they are short and simple to answer, and usually not controversial, many people are willing to participate, creating large reliable sample sizes for their research questions.
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