Ninety-percent of Americans agree that only U.S. citizens should be allowed to vote in American elections, according to new polling first obtained by The Daily Wire.
Seventy-seven percent of Americans “strongly agree” that only U.S. citizens should be voting in American elections, polling conducted by CRC Research on behalf of the 85 Fund found, while 13% “somewhat agree,” 7% disagree, and 3% are unsure or refused to answer. Meanwhile, 92% of men and 89% of women agreed with the statement.
“This poll tells us loud and clear that Americans continue to overwhelmingly embrace commonsense election rules like proof of citizenship to vote, clean voter rolls, and reject calls for all-mail elections,” said Jason Snead, executive director of the Honest Elections Project. “Yet even now, liberal groups are fighting to stop states from removing non-citizens from the voter rolls and weaken mail voting safeguards. That’s absurd. Americans want elections they can trust, and they want states to take action to stop fraud and deliver secure, well-run elections.”
Broken down into political categories, the polling found that 95% of Republicans, 89% of Independents, and 86% of Democrats agree that only U.S. citizens should be voting in American elections, while 97% of people who identify as conservative, 89% of people who identify as moderate, and 84% of people who identify as liberal agree with the statement.
On the flip side, 13% of people who identified as liberals did not agree that only U.S. citizens should be allowed to vote in American elections, as well as 10% of Democrats.
The polling also asked Americans about recent efforts by some states to clean their voter registration files and remove individuals who don’t appear to be citizens.