Just under two in five (38%) voters who cast early ballots as of Nov. 1 housing affordability impacted their presidential pick, according to a data report from Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN).
In a survey of 1,002 voters conducted on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 43% of respondents who already voted for Kamala Harris said affordability impacted their pick, compared to 29% of respondents who already voted for Donald Trump. But whether that will ultimately impact the election is unclear, as housing affordability was not among the main concerns in this survey. Instead, the leading concern for early voters was the economy (63%), followed by inflation (59%), and protecting democracy (56%). Next came immigration (55%), healthcare (52%), crime and safety (47%), access to abortion (45%), U.S. involvement in foreign wars (41%), freedom of speech (41%), gun violence (40%) and the United States’ standing in the world (38%).
The only issues less likely to impact early voters’ presidential pick than housing affordability were climate change (36%) and access to medical care enabling sex changes (19%).
Outside of the national election, two in five (40%) respondents who have already voted said housing affordability factored into their pick for local races. Crime and safety was the most important consideration at the local level (50%), followed by the economy (46%) and inflation (41%), then housing affordability.
As for local ballot measures, 37% of people who already voted say housing affordability factored into their vote.
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