Virginians support expanding mail-in voting while also supporting requiring government-issued photo ID, indicating a shared appreciation for both voting accessibility and election security.
According to a recent poll by Roanoke College’s Institute for Policy and Opinion (IPOR), 65% of 819 respondents supported mail-in voting, while 82% supported requiring ID.
Opinions on politicians like President Trump, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, and Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger were mixed. Sixty-three percent of respondents said they were dissatisfied with Trump’s performance, while outgoing Governor Youngkin’s approval rating stood at 53%, unchanged from 50% in a poll last summer.
Furthermore, Governor-elect Spanberger, who will take office in January, received a favorable rating of 56%, compared to President Trump and Governor Youngkin.
Trust in the federal government remained low. Fifty-six percent of respondents said they only sometimes trusted the federal government, and 25% said they did not trust it at all. Furthermore, a significant number of respondents expressed pessimism about the direction the United States is headed.
Seventy-four percent of respondents said the United States was headed in the wrong direction, marking the highest level of pessimism in the past two years.