Fewer See the Purpose of Daylight Saving Time
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Americans will be springing forward an hour tonight for Daylight Saving Time (DST), but fewer think this year that it's worth the hassle or even an effective way to save energy.
Only 37% think DST is worth the hassle, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. That's down from 45% last year. Forty-five percent (45%) don't think the clock-changing ritual is worth it, but 19% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on March 5-6, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.