Seventy-nine percent of Americans believe voters should be required to show government-issued photo identification before casting a ballot, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
Nineteen percent say they should not be required to do so.
Here are how the results of the poll, released on Friday, break down:
- 94% of Republicans say Americans should show government-issued photo identification before voting, 5% say they should not.
- 57% of Democrats say government-issued photo ID should be shown by voters, compared to 39% who disagree.
- 83% of independents favor government-issued ID for voters, while 16% disagree.
- 78% of white voters are in favor of government-issued ID for those casting ballots compared to 20% who are not.
- 81% of nonwhite voters favor government-issued IDs for those casting ballots, while 17% do not.
- 56% say they are more concerned with making sure everyone who wants to vote can do so, while 41% they’re more concerned with making sure that no one votes who is not eligible.
- 29% of Republicans said they are more concerned with making sure everyone who wants to vote can do so, compared to 72% say they are more concerned with making certain no one votes who is not eligible.
- 85% of Democrats say they are more concerned with making sure everyone who wants to vote can do so, while 12% say they are more concerned with making certain no one votes who is not eligible.
- 52% of independents say they are more concerned with making sure everyone who wants to vote can do so, compared to 47% who are more concerned with making certain that no one votes who is not eligible.
- 50% approve of the job President Joe Biden is doing, compared to 43% who do not.
- 64% approve of the job Biden is doing when it comes to the coronavirus.
- 38% approve of the job Biden is doing on Immigration.
The poll, conducted June 22-29, surveyed 1,115 people. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.