A newly-released Fox News poll found that a majority of Americans still support a mandate for showing a valid, government-issued photo identification in order to vote. This from townhall.com.
The survey showed that 77 percent of respondents favor voter identification laws. This is a decrease from the 85 percent who agreed in the same survey conducted 10 years ago, however, still a meaningful course.
The decline is strictly among identified democrat and independent voters. Republicans remain highly supportive of identification measures,
The 8-point decline comes from a shift among democrat and independent voters, via Fox News’ report. In 2011, 75 percent of democrats and 86 percent of independents favored showing government-issued ID for voting. Today, 60 percent of democrats and 76 percent of independents support the prerequisite.
Virtually all Republicans favor providing identification and their views held steady: 95 percent today vs. 96 percent in 2011.
The poll also found that Republicans are concerned about voter integrity, while democrats fear for “voter suppression.”
Far more Republicans are extremely or very concerned about voter fraud (81 percent) than they are about voter suppression (46 percent), while significantly more democrats are troubled about suppression (78 percent) than fraud (39 percent). In fact, voter fraud is one of the top concerns among Republicans — and comes in dead last among democrats.
There is no real evidence that suppression of voters occurs, but democrats have led a massive misinformation campaign about Georgia’s newly-signed voting reform bill. Activists claim that implementing voter identification requirements is equal to suppressing voters of color.
