Most Americans support both easier access to early voting and requiring photo identification to vote, according to a Monmouth University Poll released Monday.
The poll, conducted by telephone from June 9-14 with 810 adults in the U.S., showed the divide among the electorate remains, including:
- One-third said audits of the election are needed — and that President Joe Biden won the election illegitimately;
- More than two in three (69%) feel there should be national voting guidelines — only 25% oppose;
- A large majority (71%) of the public feels in-person early voting should generally be made easier. Just 16% said it should be made harder.
- Approximately 50% said voting by mail should be made easier; 39% said it should be made harder.
- Approximately 50% said voter disenfranchisement is a major problem — only 37% say the same about voter fraud.
Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, said there is much to make of the results.
“The poll contains some seemingly conflicting information on voter access,” he said. “The bottom line seems to be that most Democrats and Republicans want to take the potential for election results to be questioned off the table. The problem, though, is they aren’t likely to agree on how to get there.”
Methodology: The poll was sponsored and conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute from June 9-14, with a national random sample of 810 adults age 18 and older. This includes 281 contacted by a live interviewer on a landline telephone and 529 contacted by a live interviewer on a cell phone, in English. Telephone numbers were selected through a mix of random digit dialing and list-based sampling. Landline respondents were selected with a modified Troldahl-Carter youngest adult household screen.
