{"id":8801,"date":"2021-07-22T13:59:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T18:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/wide-partisan-divide-on-whether-voting-is-a-fundamental-right-or-a-privilege-with-responsibilities\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:56:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:56:42","slug":"wide-partisan-divide-on-whether-voting-is-a-fundamental-right-or-a-privilege-with-responsibilities","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/07\/22\/wide-partisan-divide-on-whether-voting-is-a-fundamental-right-or-a-privilege-with-responsibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Wide partisan divide on whether voting is a fundamental right or a privilege with responsibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A voter casts a ballot on Nov. 3, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Yegor Aleyev\/TASS via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As political battles continue around the nation over voting access and restrictions, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that a majority of Americans (57%) say voting is \u201ca fundamental right for every adult U.S. citizen and should not be restricted in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fewer (42%) express the view that \u201cvoting is a privilege that comes with responsibilities and can be limited if adult U.S. citizens don\u2019t meet some requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents overwhelmingly say voting is a fundamental right that should not be restricted in any way \u2013 78% hold this view, while fewer than a quarter (21%) say it is a privilege. Two-thirds of Republicans and Republican leaners say voting is a privilege that can be limited if requirements are not met, compared with about half as many (32%) who say it is a fundamental right.<\/p>\n\n\n

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