All voters should be required to provide photo identification at their voting place
Dem/Lean Dem71%
Rep/Lean Rep95%
Source: Pew Research Center, Aug. 22, 2025
Chart: Americans Agree
Chart: Americans Agree
Voter ID
Pew Research Center, Aug. 22, 2025
Details
| Question | Would you favor or oppose |
| Item | Requiring all voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote |
| Response | Strongly or somewhat favor |
| Poll Main Page | Majority of Americans Continue to Back Expanded Early Voting, Voting by Mail, Voter ID |
| Interview Period | Aug. 4, 2025 to Aug. 10, 2025 |
| Sample Size | 3,554 |
| Note | “Republicans” include Republicans and those who lean to the Republican party. “Democrats” include Democrats and those who lean to the Democratic party. |
| Policy Context | When this poll as conducted in July 2025, 36 states had laws requesting or requiring voters to show some form of identification at the polls, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. There had been no major national news on the topic in the months before the poll. |
Other poll results on Voter ID
Different polls may have used different formats and wording, but they were all getting at the same concept.
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Position | Dem. | Rep. | Ind. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
All voters should be required to provide photo identification at their voting place Gallup, Oct. 14, 2024 | 67% | 98% | 84% | |
All voters should be required to show government issued photo identification to vote Pew Research, Feb. 7, 2024 | 69% | 95% | - |