According to a recent Pew Research poll, a majority of Americans continue to back expanded early voting, voting by mail and voter ID. Unfortunately, it appears Americans care more about convenience than civics when it comes to voting. Although, as usual it goes along party lines.
President Donald Trump’s recent pledge to “lead a movement” to end mail-in voting comes as a 58% majority of Americans favor allowing any voter to cast their ballot by mail if they want to.
But Democrats and Republicans continue to hold starkly different views: Today, 83% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents support no-excuse voting by mail, while 68% of Republicans and Republican leaners oppose it.
In addition to making in-person early voting available for two weeks and mail-in voting available to any registered voter who wants it, about six-in-ten Americans favor automatic voter registration for eligible citizens (59%) and same-day voter registration (58%).