Democrats Win Strong Backing for Voting Reforms in New Poll
- Voters largely back ideas like automatic voter registration
- Partisan gap on the issue has grown over the last three years
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A strong majority of Americans favor Democratic voting reforms being pushed in Congress and in state legislatures, but the two parties became much more polarized on the issues during the Trump era, according to a new survey.
In a national survey by the Pew Research Center released Thursday, 78% of Americans supported two weeks of early in-person voting, 70% backed allowing felons to vote after they complete their sentences, 68% supported making Election Day a holiday and 61% backed automatically registering eligible citizens to vote.