Fascinating New Poll on Voting Rights Finds Support for Proof of Citizenship, Preventing Fraud, But Partisan Divide

[Update: See the HuffPo story on the poll.]

Among the YouGov results:

Do you think people should or should not have to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote?
They should have to show proof of citizenship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68%
They should not have to show proof of citizenship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%

Which of the following do you think is more important?
Making sure that no one is able to commit voter fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53%
Making sure that no one who is eligible to vote is prevented from doing so 39%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%

On the “more important” question, here are the crosstabs by party:

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