More than three-quarters of Americans support state-level voter ID laws, even though such laws have been the target of recent court challenges and politicized attacks from the left.
A Rasmussen poll released Wednesday found that 76 percent of Americans favor laws that require voters to present photo ID at the polling place. That result is consistent with similar polls dating back as far as 2006, when Rasmussen found a virtually identical proportion of Americans — 77 percent — favored a photo ID requirement.
Party affiliation plays a role in how the poll’s responses break down, but even a majority of self-identified Democrats said they favor voter ID laws. Fifty-six percent of Democrats said they favor such laws, while 92 percent of Republicans agreed. An overwhelming majority of political independents — 78 percent — also support voter ID.
Despite a majority of their base demonstrating support for voter ID, Democratic politicians (including Hillary Clinton) and their ideological supporters characterize such laws as unnecessary, discriminatory and obstructive to those who they claim lack access to the means to obtain officially recognized forms of ID.
Elections in states with voter ID laws have not confirmed such fears, however. In fact, they’ve confirmed the opposite.
While 34 states have voter ID laws on the books, only 32 states currently enforce them. Pennsylvania’s ID law was struck down and (thanks to a subsequent Democratic takeover of the governor’s mansion) likely won’t be appealed; North Carolina’s law doesn’t take effect until 2016.
The U.S. Supreme Court passed on hearing a challenge to Wisconsin’s voter ID law earlier this year, just as it did for Texas’ law in late 2014.
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