Poll: Most think voter ID laws are necessary

Most Americans think voter identification laws are needed to stop voter fraud, according to a Fox News poll released Wednesday.

Overall, 70 percent of Americans say voter ID laws are needed to stop illegal voting. Thatâ€™s far more than the 26 percent who see the laws as a hindrance to legal voting.

An overwhelming 87-percent majority of Republicans say voter ID laws are necessary to ensure only eligible voters participate in elections. Some 74 percent of independents and 52 percent of Democrats agree.

Click here to see the full results of the poll.

Democrats (44 percent) are four times as likely as Republicans (10 percent) to consider these laws an unnecessary deterrent to law-abiding citizens casting their ballot.

The poll was conducted in connection with a new documentary to air on Fox News Channel this weekend. Hosted by Eric Shawn, it's called "Fox News Reporting: Stealing Your Vote."

Comments: 4

Chuck Larlham Apr 18, 2012, 2:35pm UTC

70% of Americans are wrong! They have fallen victim to Faux News/Republican/TEA-Twit propaganda and falsification. In other words, they've been lied to so much by the three organizations in question on this issue that they have been persuaded the lies are truth, all evidence to the contrary aside.

Once more for the gullibly stupid and ignorant out there... THERE IS NO EVIDENCE (none, nada, zip, zilch, zippity-do-dah, nada) that widespread, or even significant local or small scale, voter fraud is occurring... ANYWHERE IN AMERICA! The ONLY thing the legislation in question will do is reduce the number of poor and elderly who are permitted to vote, which translates primarily to "reduce the number of minorities" who are permitted to vote, and who usually vote Democratic. And who is promoting and demanding this? (HINT: It ain't th' Democrats). It will not reduce non-existent fraud one iota!

Roryann O'Rourke Apr 18, 2012, 2:53pm UTC

And you have NOT fallen victim to the

HuffPo/PMSNBC/Marxist/Communist propaganda?

Oh, wait, it appears you have.

The leftist media's audience and readers are comprised of the gullible, the stupid, and ignorant. They've become extremely successful at being useful idiots.

ACORN was CONVICTED on VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD!

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Char H. Apr 18, 2012, 2:43pm UTC

You're right, it's always the rest of the world that's wrong, not you. You do realize that's how this post looks? We are not talking 51% to 49% here. An overwhelming majority, if it was an election, it would be an unprecedented landslide!

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Roryann O'Rourke Apr 18, 2012, 2:47pm UTC

Guess you never heard about ACORN and the voter registration fraud from the 2008 elections? They registered dead people and illegals.

Another video was just released that showed people registering to vote for OTHERS, and they used celebrities' names. They were all able to register. It's who the democrats have become, liars, cheats, and frauds.

Yeah, um, I think voter ID should be the law of the land in the country. Where can you go and what CAN you do WITHOUT ID?

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