Writing for the Washington Examiner, Byron York reports the findings of a Monmouth University poll which looked at Americans' attitudes toward a requirement to show a photo ID to vote. The results are excellent.
The headline is that 80 percent of those surveyed -- a huge majority -- favored photo ID. Just 18 percent said they opposed.
Among Republicans, 91 percent supported photo ID. Among independents, 87 percent. And among Democrats, 62 percent.
Looking at the results along racial lines, 77 percent of white voters supported photo ID -- and 84 percent of non-white voters supported it, too. Along educational lines, 69 percent of Americans with a four-year college degree favored ID, and 85 percent of those with no degree favored it. When divided by age, 78 percent of Americans age 18 to 34 supported it, 82 percent of those 35 to 54 supported it, and 79 percent of people 55 and older supported it. And on the income scale, 81 percent of people who make less than $50,000 a year supported ID, while 82 percent of people who make between $50,000 and $100,000 supported it, and 76 percent of people who make more than $100,000 supported it.
Summary: Young and old, rich and poor, white and not-white, people of both parties plus independents - a majority of every demographic is fine with showing their photo ID to vote. It is time to make it a requirement in every jurisdiction across this nation we share and, I hope, treasure.
