At a rally earlier this month in Wilmington, N.C., Trump told his supporters that without strict voter identification laws, people would be “voting 15 times for Hillary”. Only 26 percent of Democrats think fraudulent voting will be a major problem this election, compared to 52 percent of Republicans.
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When asked their degree of concern about votes being cast by people who, by law, are not eligible to vote, 36% of the respondents thought it was a “major problem”, 32% a “minor problem” and 29% “not a problem at all”. Nearly 35 percent – or 1,185,023 – of Arizona’s 3.4 million registered voters are Republicans.
A smaller majority of 63 percent said that they support automatically registering citizens to vote while 34 percent said they are opposed. Not surprisingly, Republicans are more likely to be in favor them, with 95 percent percent supporting a photo ID requirement. Almost half (46 percent) think that will be a major problem, compared to 25 percent of white voters. However, 35 percent of nonwhites said they were concerned the lack of voter I.D. laws would allow ineligible people to vote illegally, in line with the 37 percent of whites who reported the same concern.
The survey also found broad support for early voting – a practice used disproportionately by minorities that is often in the crosshairs of GOP legislation restricting voting.
In Yavapai County, Republicans hold a strong majority of 58,732, more than doubling the number of registered Democrats, at 27,184, along with 43,224 registered independents.
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For the poll, Gallup surveyed about 1,000 adults in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., between August 15-16. The margin of error was four percentage points.
