All groups of voters, even Democrats by a 65% to 23% margin and liberals by a 54% to 33% margin, support requiring government issued photo IDs from people to vote. Overall voters support requiring photo IDs by a 74% to 16% margin — a 4.63 times difference. Despite concerns that some people would be unable to vote, and Democrats claim it will be people with low socioeconomic status, those with the least education, those who didn’t even graduate from high school, were the strongest supporters (87% to 9% margin), while those with the most education, having gone to graduate school, were the least supportive (60% to 29% margin). Despite the fact that Democrats claim that minorities (blacks and Hispanics) are the most disenfranchised by requiring IDs to vote, blacks support IDs by a 69% to 14% margin and Hispanics by a 77% to 13% margin (a 64% gap that is even larger than the 58% margin for whites). Men and women are equally supportive of photo voter IDs, with 74% supporting it.
The next question asked by Rasmussen was whether photo ID laws discriminate against some voters, with likely voters saying that they don’t by a 56% to 33% margin. Again, both men and women, all age groups, all income groups, and all educational obtainment levels agree. In this case, blacks, Democrats, liberals, and those with a graduate school education on net think that they do discriminate against some voters, though they still support these IDs.
Again, the least educated people, the ones that should be most disenfranchised, are the least likely to think that voter photo IDs discriminate against some voters (by a 9% yes to 76% no margin). Those with a graduate education think that some of those with less socioeconomic status will be disenfranchised (48% yes to 43% no). A similar, those less extreme, pattern exists across income groups.
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