Support for ID Varies Based on Race of Imagined Voter

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A new study from the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication found that white Americans responded differently in a survey asking about their opinion of voter ID laws depending on the race of the person shown in a picture during the survey.

73 percent of white Americans said they support the laws, which require producing a government-issue ID at polling stations, when shown a photo of a black voter at a polling station. That’s opposed to 67 percent who said they support voter ID laws when showed a photo of a white voter and poll worker — the same percentage supported the laws when shown no image.

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