50+ Voters' Concerns Will Show Up in Midterm Election

As the voting bloc most likely to turnout in midterm elections, voters 50-plus could once again decide this year's elections. These surveys show that voters over 50 will be voting and earlier than ever — so candidates need to pay attention to them now if they want to win.

Concerns about inflation are top of mind to many voters, yet the data show that voters 50-plus, regardless of political party, are more likely to vote for Congressional candidates who vow to protect Social Security and Medicare and to lower prescription drug prices.

At the state level, issues that enable older adults to be financially secure and in their homes as long as possible will be important for gubernatorial candidates to address if they want the support of voters 50 and older.

Methodology

AARP commissioned a bipartisan polling team to conduct telephone and text-to-web surveys with likely voters in 10 battleground states for the 2022 election. Respondents for all polls were registered likely voters age 18-plus; however, oversamples of voters 50 and older were included in each state to enable better analysis of this important voting group. Each state survey included interviews with at least 1,200 respondents.

Fabrizio Ward and Impact Research conducted polls in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin between May and September 2022.

For more information, contact Kate Bridges at kbridges@aarp.org. For media inquiries, please contact External Relations at media@aarp.org.

2022 Voter Survey Data

Targeted Congressional Districts

AARP Targeted Congressional Districts (November 2022)

• Targeted Congressional District Post-Election Survey (PDF)
• Targeted House District Post-Election Survey Topline Data (PDF)

AARP Targeted Congressional Districts (July 2022)

• Voters 18+ (PDF)
• Asian American Voters 50+ (PDF)
• Black Voters 50+ (PDF)
• Hispanic Voters 50+ (PDF)
• Target House District Survey: Topline Data (PDF)

• NY CD-03: Voters 50+ (PDF)
• NY CD-22: Voters 50+ (PDF)
• NY CD-03 and CD-22 Survey: Topline Data (PDF)

 

State Reports

Alaska

• AARP Alaska: 2022 Elections (PDF)
• AARP Alaska: Topline Data (PDF)

Arizona

• AARP Arizona: 2022 Elections (18+) (PDF)
• AARP Arizona: Hispanic Voters 50+ (PDF)
• AARP Arizona: Topline Data (PDF)

Florida

• AARP Florida: 2022 Elections (18+) (PDF)
• AARP Florida: Black Voters 50+ (PDF)
• AARP Florida: Hispanic Voters 50+ (PDF)
• AARP Florida: Topline Data (PDF)

Georgia, July 2022 Poll

• AARP Georgia: 2022 Elections (PDF)
• AARP Georgia: Black Voters 50+ (PDF)
• AARP Georgia: Topline Data (PDF)

Georgia, November 2022 Poll

• AARP Georgia: 2022 Senate Runoff Election (PDF)
• AARP Georgia: 2022 Senate Runoff Election, Black Voters 50+ (PDF)
• AARP Georgia: 2022 Senate Runoff Election: Topline Data (PDF)

Maine

• AARP Maine: 2022 Elections (PDF)
  
• AARP Maine Survey: Topline Data (PDF)

Michigan

• AARP Michigan: 2022 Elections (18+) (PDF)
• AARP Michigan: Black Voters 50+ (PDF)
• AARP Michigan: Topline Data (PDF)

Nevada

• AARP Nevada: 2022 Elections (18+) – Governor (PDF)
• AARP Nevada: Hispanic Voters 50+ (PDF)
• AARP Nevada Statewide Survey: Topline Data (PDF)

New Hampshire

• AARP New Hampshire: 2022 Elections (PDF)
• AARP New Hampshire: Topline Data (PDF)

Pennsylvania, June 2022 Poll

• AARP Pennsylvania: 2022 Elections, June 2022 (PDF)
• AARP Pennsylvania: Women Voters 50+ (PDF)
  
• AARP Pennsylvania: Black Voters 50+ (PDF)
• AARP Pennsylvania Survey: Topline Data (PDF)

Pennsylvania, October 2022 Poll

• AARP Pennsylvania: 2022 Elections, October 2022 (PDF)
• AARP Pennsylvania: October 2022 (Women Voters 50+) (PDF)
• AARP Pennsylvania: October 2022 (Black Voters 50+) (PDF)
• AARP Pennsylvania: October 2022: Topline Data (PDF)

Wisconsin

• AARP Wisconsin: 2022 Elections (PDF)
• AARP Wisconsin: Black Voters 50+ (PDF)
• AARP Wisconsin: Topline Data (PDF)

METHODOLOGY