America Will Never Go Paperless
Since electronic devices play such a big part in our daily lives, Poll Position, a non-partisan news, polling and social media company, wanted to know if Americans think the United States could ever be a paperless society. In a national scientific telephone survey, Poll Position found that 56 percent of Americans said they don’t think the country would ever be a paperless society, while 20 percent said “Yes, one day we’ll all go paperless.” Twenty-four percent of Americans were undecided or had no opinion on the question.
The 18-29 age group voiced the strongest opinion, with 63 percent saying the United States would never be a paperless society vs. 23 percent who said it could become a paperless society. Results from men and women were similar, with 56 percent of men and women both saying this country could never be a paperless society.
Along party lines, more Republicans (58 percent) than Democrats (51 percent) believed the United States would never be a paperless society.
Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,142 registered voters nationwide was conducted on Dec. 6, 2011, and has a margin of error of ±3 percent. Poll results are weighted to be a representative sampling of all American adults. A breakdown of survey participants by age, race, gender and political affiliation in crosstabs for this poll is available for download here.