
Americans Overwhelmingly Support Voter ID Laws Dems Want To Squash
M.D. Kittle
On Jan. 1, California’s new anti-election integrity law went into effect, prohibiting local governments in the Golden State from requiring voters to show identification to cast ballots in elections. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the restrictive legislation into law a little more than a month before November’s historic presidential election.
It’s certainly not the first time the far-left governor with higher political aspirations has been on the wrong side of American sentiment.
A new Rasmussen Reports poll finds that more than three-quarters of likely U.S. voters (77%) say requiring a photo ID to vote is a reasonable way to protect the integrity of elections. Just 17 percent think such measures are unreasonable. The latest numbers are up from 74 percent support in 2021, according to the pollster.
The survey of 1,229 respondents, conducted Jan.26-28, also found 60 percent believe voter ID laws do not “discriminate against some voters,” with 30 percent saying they do.
And support runs across the board, with 86 percent of Republicans supporting voter ID, and 69 percent of Democrats in favor, according to the poll published at NewsMax. Three-quarters of voters who say they are not affiliated with either major party support the requirements.
It’s the latest poll showing widespread support for voter ID laws. A Pew Research Center national poll conducted a year ago found bipartisan backing of the election integrity guardrails, with 69 percent of Democrats in favor and nearly universal support (95%) among Republicans.