A new survey conducted by a mainstream polling firm found that the overwhelming majority of Americans want key new tools to protect the integrity of U.S. elections, including measures championed for decades by Republicans.
The new poll from Gallup, conducted the first two weeks of October, found that 84% of Americans favor requiring all voters to provide photo identification at their polling place in order to vote.
The poll also found that 83% of Americans favor requiring people who are registering to vote for the first time to provide proof of citizenship.
X owner Elon Musk highlighted the poll in post asking, “why do ‘Democrats’ oppose the will of the people?”
Support for both measures received strong majority support from Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.
Among Democrats, 66% supported providing citizenship documents and 67% supported providing a photo ID when voting.
Among Republicans, those two measures received 98% and 96% support, respectively.
Among Independents, the two measures each received 84% support.
Early voting was supported by 76% of all voters, including 95% support from Democrats, 76% support from Independents, and 57% support from Republicans.
The most polarizing measure that was proposed was “sending absentee ballot applications to all eligible voters prior to an election,” with 87% of Democrats supporting while only 36% of Republicans also favored it.
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