The ‘election liars’ that could skew polling in the 2024 presidential race

Given the divisive nature of politics these days, many people are unwilling to share who they will vote for in 2024, but new polls show who is least likely to tell the truth about their vote.

Overall, twenty-three percent of voters said they had lied about who they would vote for to family members or close friends, according to a new Axios Vibes poll conducted by The Harris Poll.

But when it comes to lying about their vote, America’s youngest voters identified as ‘Generation Z’ are the most likely.

The survey found that nearly half of Gen Z voters (48 percent) have lied to someone close to them about who they vote for.

They are followed by 38 percent of Millennials, ages 27 to 42, 17 percent of Generation X, and just six percent of Boomers, ages 60 and older.

With nearly one in four people willing to lie about who they support in the 2024 election, this could prove problematic for polls in the presidential race and raises new questions about the future of political polls.

“There’s a new privacy emerging here, where it’s much more convenient to lie or not talk about it,” John Gerzema, executive director of The Harris Poll, told Axios.

“The new social etiquette is to be like Switzerland: why do you want that heat?” he added.

The survey found that 33 percent of respondents said they are not close to any family due to different political beliefs. That number increased to 44 percent among Generation Z and 47 percent among Millennials.

The Axios Vibes poll found that more than half of voters believe their vote is a private matter.

While nearly one in four said they had lied, 22 percent said they would potentially lie.

When it came to party affiliation, 27 percent of Democrats said they had lied, 24 percent of Republicans and 20 percent of independents.

But the survey didn’t ask who they lied to or exactly how.

The Harris Poll is not affiliated with Vice President Harris’ campaign.