FACT: Voter ID is extremely popular with Americans. Polling has consistently shown strong majorities — including among Democrats, independents, Whites, Blacks, and Latinos — support voter ID requirements.- Pew Research Center: 83% of Americans favor requiring all voters to show government-issued photo ID to vote, including 95% of Republicans and 71% of Democrats. Just 16% of Americans are in opposition.
- Gallup: 84% of Americans support requiring photo ID to vote, including 98% of Republicans, 84% of independents, and 67% of Democrats. Separately, 83% support requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote for the first time.
- Additional surveys, including from Napolitan News Service and The Center Square, consistently show extraordinary support for voter ID.
- CNN reporter Harry Enten: “The bottom line is this: Voter ID is NOT controversial in this country. A photo ID to vote is NOT controversial in this country. It is not controversial by party and it is not controversial by race. The vast majority of Americans agree.”
- NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas: “Voter ID rules do have wide public support, but the vast majority of Democrats on Capitol Hill oppose them.”
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