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NSF survey. About 45 million Americans (17% of all US adults) say the election has had a negative impact on their sleep, according to a survey by National Sleep Foundation (NSF).
The negative impact on sleep of the 2024 presidential election affected all groups, including political party affiliation, the results showed.
NSF Poll: Election Fears Keep Americans Up at Night
According to the survey, people sleep less on weekends and have poorer sleep quality in general.
“The dynamics of stressful social events such as elections and election day can negatively affect the public’s mood and, in turn, sleep health, which is essential for health and well-being.
This reinforces the importance of addressing sleep health during times of high stress,” said Joseph Dzierzewski, senior vice president for research and scientific affairs at the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), in an NSF news release.
Anxiety and insomnia can feed off each other, sleep experts say. People who are anxious have worse sleep, and those who don’t sleep well are more prone to anxiety.
People affected by the election get about 7 hours of sleep on weekends, nearly half an hour less than those who say their sleep was not disturbed by politics, the results showed.
Campaign strategies that exaggerate potential negative election outcomes
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being excellent and 5 being poor), those concerned about the election had an average sleep quality of about 3.36, compared to 2.05 for those unaffected by politics.
About 18 percent of Democrats say they’ve lost sleep over the election, compared to 17 percent of Republicans and 16 percent of independents.
Candidates and their advisers and campaign managers could help by considering how their messages might affect the sleep health and well-being of the American public, NSF concluded.
“For example, campaign strategies and reporting that exaggerate potential negative election outcomes and fuel strong emotional reactions from the public could have negative downstream effects on sleep health, with potential downstream consequences for broader health, well-being and safety”, the report states.
The survey included 1,364 adults surveyed across the country two months before Election Day, NSF said.
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