The survey showed a sharp partisan divide over increasing voting rights protections, with Democrats and political independents overwhelmingly in favor and a majority of Republicans opposed. The remainder of those surveyed said American democracy is in no danger. The federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned those policies, ensuring that the right to vote cannot be denied because of race. Advertisement“Now it has come to the point where the president has tried to convince people that somehow equal voting rights is bad, because, in his words, ‘The wrong people are voting right,’” said Matt Barreto, faculty director of the UCLA Voting Rights Project, referring to Trump. The Berkeley IGS poll surveyed 5,109 California registered voters online in English and Spanish from March 9 to 15.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 02, 2026 20:32 UTC