Poll Shows Nearly 75% of Americans Support Voter ID Laws

Voter ID is quite the hot button issue this year. Democrats across the country claim that it is some diabolical scheme to ensure Republican victory in the fall. Republicans say that it will cut down on people who are not eligible to vote from going to the polls and canceling out legitimate votes.

What has always been most amusing to me is that both Democrats and Republicans are right on this issue. The GOP is correct that requiring a photo ID to vote would certainly cut down on voter fraud. And Democrats are correct that if voter fraud is squashed, Republican candidates will likely improve their chances of victory at the polls, because voter fraud, especially in cities like Philadelphia, which will be enforcing this new law for the first time this year, tends to favor Democrats.

A poll from earlier this month on voter ID laws by the Washington Post confirms that common sense is actually alive and well in the United States, despite what many believe. 74 percent of respondents agreed that voters should be required to show a government issued ID to vote. In a follow up question, over 80 percent of respondents agreed that voter fraud is a “problem” in the US, with nearly 50 percent calling it a “major” problem. (click image to enlarge).

With polls like this, the Romney campaign and the GOP need to start making an issue out of this. Let voters know that the Obama administration is actually suing states (and succeeding in some cases, such as Texas) to block these common sense voter ID laws. They need to let the American people know that the Obama administration is for voter fraud, and completely against the mainstream.

Save Jersey has been covering this issue and will continue to push for it here in New Jersey. Read our Save Jersey Voter ID archives here.

 

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