Wide partisan gap over whether making the easier affects election security % who say elections would be changed to make it easier to register and vote Less secure Not any less secure
There are fundamental partisan differences over whether elections would be less secure if the rules were changed to make it easier for people to register and vote, according to the June survey. Overall, six-in-ten U.S. adults said elections would not be less secure, while 37% said they would be. But while around eight-in-ten Democrats (79%) said that making it easier to vote would not make elections any less secure, a majority of Republicans (59%) said the opposite.
Wide partisan gap over whether making  | the easier affects election security  | % who say elections would be  | ifelection rules were  | changed to make it easier to register and vote  | Less secure Not any less secure  | Total  | 37  | 60  | White  | 39  | 58  | Black  | 27  | 70  | Hispanic  | 36  | 58  | Postgrad  | 28  | 68  | College grad  | 32  | 67  | Some college  | 39  | 58  | HS or less  | 40  | 55  | Rep/Lean Rep  | 59  | 37  | Dem/Lean Dem  | 18  | 79  | Notes: White and Black adults include those who report being only  | one race and are not Hispanic. Hispanics are of any race. No answer  | responses not shown.  | Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted June 16-22, 2020.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 