Results of a POLITICO poll reported Thursday show strong support for key elements of Republicans’ voter integrity bill, the SAVE America Act.
According to the POLITICO survey conducted by Public First, U.S. adults support, rather than oppose, both requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote (58%-18%) and requiring a photo ID to vote by mail (51%-18%) by a three-to-one margin.
By more than two-to-one (48%-21%), U.S. adults support, rather than oppose, “Imposing stricter photo ID requirements at the polling station that demonstrate citizenship, not just identity.”
Likewise, nearly half (47%) support “Requiring states to more aggressively remove names from voter rolls if they cannot confirm citizenship status,” while just one in five (21%) oppose the requirement.
Counter to the liberal, legacy media’s narrative, POLITICO’s poll shows that the SAVE America Act’s voter identification requirements would not present a significant roadblock to either registering to vote or casting a ballot.
In one question, the POLITICO poll asked U.S. adults if they “currently have access to any of the following forms of ID with your current name?” providing nine forms of ID and instructing them to “Select all that apply.”
Curiously, POLITICO’s article reporting on the survey results does not mention the findings of this question.
Only five percent of the adults replied that they possess “none of the above” nine forms of identification listed.
Fully 57% said they have access to a certified birth certificate. Half (50%) said they have a government-issued photo ID that does not indicate citizenship (e.g., non-REAL ID driver’s license), which could be used in conjunction with citizenship documentation to prove eligibility to register and vote. Ten percent reported that they “Don’t know” whether they have any of the nine forms of identification. Because the question allowed multiple responses, the sum of the nine choices exceeds 100%.
POLITICO’s headline, titled “Poll: Voters aren’t so sure about Trump’s sweeping election bill,” is also misleading, since the text of the article reveals that the survey polled “U.S. adults” – not “voters” or “citizens.”
Thus, POLITICO’s claim that the poll shows that “voters” aren’t so sure about the SAVE America Act is inaccurate.
Since the poll’s only requirement for participation is that survey respondents be adults residing in the U.S., survey results may be influenced by the opinions and other answers provided by nonvoters – such as illegal aliens and noncitizens.
Additionally, the wording of some survey questions may have biased results. In a question asking U.S. adults to provide their level of support for the SAVE America Act, the survey defines the bill only as being “proposed legislation that would change rules for voting in America” – omitting the bill’s goal of preventing illegal voting, for example.
Even with the excessively vague and potentially ominous-sounding description of the bill, only 21% of respondents said they oppose the Act.
Similarly, only about one in five actually said they oppose requiring photo ID (18%), making photo ID requirements stricter (21%), requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to vote by mail (18%) and requiring states to more aggressively clean up their voter rolls.
Throughout the survey, about one in five U.S. adults said they had no opinion on the issues polled, with those reporting that they “neither support nor oppose” the various elements of the SAVE America Act ranging from 17% to 21%.
