By Dave Workman
A new Rasmussen survey reveals that nearly three-fourths of likely U.S. voters believe requiring photo ID “is a reasonable measure to protect the integrity of elections,” a position nearly unchanged from a similar poll last July.
Only 16 percent disagree, and 10 percent are not sure, Rasmussen reported.
Last month, another Rasmussen survey found that “63% of Likely U.S. Voters are concerned that electronic voting systems may allow votes to be changed remotely through Internet connections during voting, including 33% who are Very Concerned.”
“Thirty-two percent (32%) aren’t concerned about possible remote manipulation of electronic voting systems,” Rasmussen noted at the time, “including 12% who were Not At All Concerned. These findings had barely changed since September.”
With the midterm elections just 10 months away, much attention is being paid to election integrity. This has the earmarks of a very close election in many key states, with President Donald Trump already predicting that if Democrats regain the House of Representatives, they will immediately move for impeachment. There is considerable fury among Democrats over administration efforts to round up and deport illegal aliens, and over the shooting deaths of two protesters in Minneapolis by Border Patrol and ICE officers.
According to Rasmussen, “84% of Republicans say that requiring photo ID to vote is a reasonable measure to protect the integrity of elections, as do 65% of Democrats and 74% of voters not affiliated with either major party.”
Still, 48% of Democrats think photo ID requirements for voting are discriminatory, Rasmussen disclosed, while only 21% of Republicans and 29% of unaffiliated voters agree. Seventy-five percent (75%) of Republicans, 37% of Democrats and 58% of unaffiliated voters don’t believe that laws requiring photo identification at the polls discriminate, Rasmussen revealed.
“Eighty-nine percent (89%) of self-identified conservative voters think that requiring photo ID to vote is a reasonable measure to protect the integrity of elections, as do 74% of moderates and 54% of liberal voters,” Rasmussen found. “Fifty-eight percent (58%) of liberals believe that laws requiring photo identification at the polls discriminate against some voters, but only 16% of conservatives and 34% of moderates agree.”
Last month, Rasmussen reported that 46% of voters “consider it likely that the outcome of the 2020 presidential election that made Joe Biden president was affected by cheating, including 27% who said it’s Very Likely.”
However, 48% don’t believe cheating affected the 2020 election outcome, including 33% who thought it was Not At All Likely.
“Among Republican voters,” Rasmussen said, “68% believe it’s at least somewhat likely that the 2020 presidential election was affected by cheating, a belief shared by 26% of Democrats and 45% of voters not affiliated with either major party.”
Workman is editor-in-chief at TheGunMag.com
