90% Of Americans Only Want U.S. Citizens Voting In American Elections: Poll
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.
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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.
“Do you agree or disagree that states have the right to remove individuals from their voter list if they fail to prove their citizenship?” the polling asked. It found that overall, 84% of people agreed with that statement.
Broken down into smaller data: 86% of men, 83% of women, 93% of Republicans, 83% of Independents, and 77% of Democrats agreed with the statement, while 95% of conservatives, 85% of moderates, and 70% of liberals agreed with it.
The polling even specifically asked Americans about Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s August move to order the election commissioner to regularly update the state’s voter list to remove people who have been identified as non-citizens. Two lower courts ruled in favor of the DOJ’s request to block the purge, but on Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed Virginia to move forward with removing about 1,600 non-citizens from voter rolls.
“The Department of Justice believes this is a violation of the National Voter Registration Act which does not allow states to conduct voter roll maintenance within 90 days of an election and is seeking a court order to require Virginia to restore voting rights to those affected,” the polling states. “Do you agree or disagree that a state should have the authority to conduct voter roll maintenance at any time to ensure only eligible individuals are allowed to vote?”
Seventy-four percent of those polled agreed with this statement.
Youngkin applauded the court ruling on Wednesday, calling the news “a victory for commonsense and election fairness.”
“Clean voter rolls are one important part of a comprehensive approach we are taking to ensure the fairness of our elections,” he said.
We are pleased by the Supreme Court’s order today. This is a victory for commonsense and election fairness. I am grateful for the work of Attorney General @JasonMiyaresVA on this critical fight to protect the fundamental rights of U.S. citizens. Clean voter rolls are one…
— Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) October 30, 2024
Snead told The Daily Wire that the Supreme Court’s ruling “is a win for election integrity and the rule of law.”
“90% of the public opposes non-citizen voting,” he stressed. “Despite a clear consensus, the Biden Administration chose to spend tax dollars on an eleventh hour lawsuit intended to force Virginia to add self-reported non-citizens back onto its rolls. When asked about that case, three-quarters side with Virginia and say that states should be able to clean their voter rolls at any time. By pushing to get non-citizens on the rolls, the Biden Administration is wrong on the law and on the wrong side of public opinion.”
