Opinion Today
July 3, 2021
More Americans Are Concerned About Voting Access Than Fraud Prevention
Domenico Montanaro, NPR News
A majority of Americans believe ensuring access to voting is more important than rooting out fraud, the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finds. At the same time, there was broad agreement that people should have to show identification when they go to the polls. President Biden gets a 50% job approval rating, largely unchanged from last month.
2 out of 3 Americans believe U.S. democracy is under threat
Courtney Vinopal, PBS NewsHour
Two-thirds of Americans believe democracy in the United States is under threat, according to the latest PBS Newshour/NPR/Marist poll. Ahead of the first Fourth of July since an attack on the Capitol, fueled by baseless claims of voter fraud, and as several GOP-led states work now to enact stricter voting rules, majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents express worry about the health of democracy.
