Poll: Average Texan went to bed at 12:45 a.m. on election night

SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — Presidential elections have gone from a one-day affair that declares a winner that night to one that leaves questions about why a few states take so long to count up votes.

A new survey illustrates how long people in all 50 states stayed up on Tuesday to find out who was going to win the 2024 Presidential Election.

The data is curious, with many states that went red going to bed earlier than blue states that might have been hoping things went another direction, no matter how long that might take.

HostingAdvice ran a snap poll that broke down the scale of sleep deprivation across the United States, and it found that the average Texan went to bed at 12:45 a.m. on election night, not long before it was clear Donald Trump would be returning to the White House in January.

Further, 29% of Texans said that the election suspense had affected their sleep and close to 50% said they had to adjust their work schedule the next day. Still, Texans went to bed earlier than most of the country given that the Lone Star State made its intentions quite clear early on.

Where a given state sits geographically seemed to matter more than its political leanings, as far as when people went to bed.

For example, no state ended up more sleep deprived than New Hampshire. People in the Granite State were awake, on average, until 4 a.m., later than any other state and obviously one that sits in the Eastern Time Zone. This state was called early in the evening on November 5, and yet there were many staying awake hours later to see the outcome.

In contrast, states like Alaska and Hawaii had it easier. These two states were awake, on average, until 9:27 p.m. Both of these states are in far western time zones, and results of the election were already determined before they were done counting.

You can see the entire breakdown of the study by clicking here.