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Half of Americans wouldn't extend voting rights to any of these groups

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A slim majority of Americans (51%) would not grant the right to vote in U.S. presidential and congressional elections to any of the groups presented, according to an October 2024 Verasight survey.

Among those groups, lawful permanent residents who have applied for citizenship draw the widest support (25%), followed by all adults who have lived in the U.S. for at least five years (19%) and 16- and 17-year-old citizens (14%). Support for the other three options ranges from 10% down to 3%.

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Half of Americans wouldn't extend voting rights to any of these groups.

Would you support granting any/some/all of the following groups the right to vote in US presidential and congressional elections?

  • None of the groups listed above. 51.1%
  • Non-citizen adults who are lawful permanent residents of the United States who have applied for US citizenship 25.1%
  • All adults who reside in the United States, regardless of immigration status, who have resided in the US for at least 5 years 18.6%
  • US citizens aged 16-17 14.3%
  • All adults who reside in the United States, regardless of their immigration status or the amount of time they have lived in the US 9.9%
  • Non-citizen adults who are lawful permanent residents of the United States who have not applied for US citizenship 8.1%
  • US citizens aged 14-15 2.6%

2024 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.4%

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Methodology

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2024-10-01 → 2024-10-11
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.4%
Module
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Source

Citation

Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2024-103, fielded October 1-11, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.4%.

https://verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
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