United States: The majority (54 percent) of Americans are prepared to eliminate daylight saving time (DST) before the March 9 implementation.
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The survey results show that 40% of US adults support daylight saving time, and 6% are undecided about the matter.
A January 21-27 Gallup survey reveals these results for the first time since Gallup conducted this daylight saving time opinion assessment in 1999.
Change in public opinion about this practice over the course of 26 years has been considerable during that period. Results from the 1999 survey demonstrate comparable support for daylight saving time, with 73% in favor, just like 74% who indicated agreement in the 1990 poll.
Daylight saving time received less intense support throughout the period from 1937 to 1957 as the nationwide implementation varied widely during that time, although 51% to 57% of Americans supported it at each measurement point, gallup.com reported.
Daylight saving time beginning
Social practices of daylight saving time began as a national policy decision in 1918 during World War I to increase industrial production through extended daily work hours.
During the span of six decades starting from World War I until the 1960s the United States followed a fragmented approach as states chose independently whether to implement daylight saving time or not.
American national time changes during spring and fall became standardized after Congress passed the Uniform Time Act of 1966.
Several laws have changed the schedule for clock adjustment after the Uniform Time Act established regular annual timing, and Hawaii, along with most areas of Arizona, does not observe daylight saving time.
The US Senate approved DST year-round in 2022, but this bill was not passed in the House, gallup.com reported.
This year, Democratic and Republican members of Congress brought forth legislation that seeks to make DST a permanent all-year scheme.
Public support for daylight saving time has experienced a dramatic decline from 1999 until the present day for all race and age demographics.