A new Rasmussen survey says an “overwhelming” majority of likely voters “consider it important to keep illegal aliens from voting in American elections, and nearly two-thirds support legislation to require proof of citizenship for voting.”
Rasmussen released the results of its survey Tuesday. The survey of 1,048 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on April 2-3 and 6, 2025 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
According to Rasmussen, 75 percent of likely voters say it is important to make sure only U.S. citizens are allowed to vote in this country’s elections, while 22 percent don’t believe it is an important issue.
This comes on the heels of a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives last week which passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The bill is now awaiting action in the U.S. Senate.
Rasmussen revealed that 64 percent of voters believe Congress should enact a law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in national elections. Twenty-six percent (26%) disagree and 10 percent are not sure, the veteran polling firm noted.
Among Rasmussen’s findings:
- Eighty-one percent of self-identified conservative voters, as well as 59 percent of moderates, believe Congress should enact a law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in national elections, but only 36 percent of liberal voters agree.
- Sixty-five percent of men and 62 percent of women “favoring enactment of a law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.”
- Majorities in both parties want voters to provide proof of citizenship. The breakdown is 84 percent of Republicans, 50 percent of Democrats and 58 percent of Independents.
Likewise, majorities of every racial category support the notion that voters provide proof of eligibility: 64 percent of white voters, 62 percent of black voters, 60 percent of Hispanics and 69 percent of other minorities, Rasmussen said.
One more revelation from Rasmussen was that 86 percent of those who voted for Donald Trump in last year’s presidential election favor Congress enacting a law to require proof of citizenship for voter registration, but such legislation is supported by less than half (43%) of Kamala Harris voters.
