New AARP Pennsylvania Poll: Voters 50+ Could Tip the Scales in 2024
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, AARP Pennsylvania released a 2024 statewide election survey that shows candidates for President, U.S. Senate, and state races should pay close attention to Pennsylvanians ages 50 and older. Eighty-percent of voters ages 50+ report that candidates' positions on Social Security are important in deciding whom to vote for in November, followed by Medicare (73%), helping people stay in their homes as they age (69%), and the cost of prescription drugs (67%).
- This voting bloc makes up an outsized portion of the electorate: in the 2020 elections, older voters accounted for 55% of all Pennsylvania voters and in the 2022 mid-terms, they made up 62% of the state's voters.
- Eighty-five percent of voters ages 50+ say they are "extremely motivated" to vote in this election.
- "Pennsylvania voters over age 50 are a critical voting bloc that all candidates are competing for in this election," said Bill Johnston Walsh, State Director, AARP Pennsylvania.
- The firms interviewed 1,398 likely Pennsylvania voters, which includes a statewide representative sample of 600 likely voters, with an oversample of 470 likely voters age 50 and older and an additional oversample of 328 Black likely voters age 50 and older, between April 24-30, 2024.