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How Election Night Affects Sleep
Results that run past midnight and a news cycle that never stops: election night is a classic late night. We compare it with the same weekday in the weeks around it, so the effect of the night itself stands out.
Updated daily · data to Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure
First results coming soon
We don't have a US election night in our data yet. Results will appear here a few days after the next one.
Frequently asked questions
When is the next US election night?
The 2026 midterm elections are on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. We publish the data a few days after the night, once everyone's sleep has synced.
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Figures are anonymised averages from Sleepiest app users who track their sleep, not a representative sample of the population. Nights are compared with the same weekday in the surrounding weeks. Groups with too few sleepers are never shown. Methodology