And why does the fascist police state of Arizona not follow it?
They did for one year, 1966 or whereabouts. One of the most powerful figures in the state legislature owned a drive-in theater that almost went out of business as a result because movies couldn't start until very late in the summer and couldn't get much business. So the next year he got the legislature to opt out.
No I'm not kidding, that's what really happened. Of course there was also major opposition to it because it was increasing peoples' air conditioning bills and that's the main reason there has never been any movement to reinstate it.
What's mindboggling is why Alaska bothers to follow it considering the day/night cycles up there. Hawaii had the good sense at least.
It's countries that have never observed it, while the orange ones have at some point in the past.
It's pretty obvious that it's a better idea the closer you are to the poles. For equatorial countries it doesn't make much sense.
As to the question: No, duh. For some bizarre reason majorities - though not large majorities - approve of the practice. It is also my experience that late rising people are more likely to approve than early rising people - and they of course have the power.Funny, I am a late riser. But yeah it wasn't uncommon to have to drive to school in pitch blackness in North Dakota. And of course farmers are always the most opposed, they tend to ignore it in terms of their own work schedule. North Dakota has actually considered opting out a few times (or at least the Central Time part), but never got around to it.
One thing I never understood is how things like police reports are handled when the same time happens twice. Or how places with overnight shift employees deal with it. Does everyone working at 2AM just get stuck with having to work an extra hour that day? I imagine it messes up payrolls a bunch too.
