Wide partisan divide on whether voting is a fundamental right or a privilege with responsibilities
57% of Americans view voting as “a fundamental right for every adult U.S. citizen and should not be restricted in any way.”
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57% of Americans view voting as “a fundamental right for every adult U.S. citizen and should not be restricted in any way.”
Latino voters are less likely than all U.S. voters to say they are extremely motivated to vote in the upcoming presidential election.
Most U.S. adults say President Joe Biden (65%) and Republican leaders in Congress (61%) will be unsuccessful getting their agendas enacted in the next two years; only about a third say the president and GOP leaders will be successful. Republicans are less confident than Democrats in midterm vote counts – but more confident than they were after the 2020 election.
The 2020 election featured dramatic increases in lawmaker posts and audience engagement, but less overlap in the sources shared by members of each party.
Among Republicans, support has declined for allowing early or absentee voting without an excuse and for automatically registering all eligible citizens to vote.
A year later, here’s a look back at how Americans saw the events of Jan. 6 and how some partisan divisions grew wider over time.
About a third of Republicans (32%) say they would not like Donald Trump to remain a national political figure for many years to come.
Just 4% of registered voters support Trump or Biden and a Senate candidate from the opposing party.
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An 85% majority of Democrats say everything possible should be done to make voting easy; 28% of Republicans say this.
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