About two-thirds of voters who identify with the Democratic Socialists of America support a core elements of the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote. While general support for voter ID has hovered at 80%, voters identifying as DSA Democrats are considered the furthest left in the Democratic party. However, the DSA national organization staunchly opposes the proposal. Buried on page 23 of the crosstab data in a Fox News poll released last week, 66% of “DSA Dem” respondents supported requiring photo ID to register to vote. Respondents answered the question, “Do you think people should be required to show a valid form of state or federally issued photo identification to prove U.S. citizenship before being allowed to register to vote?” This contrasts sharply with statements issued by the DSA this year that called such laws “restrictive” and “racist,” and called the SAVE America Act a “poll tax.” More than 70% of registered Democrats support proof of citizenship for voter registration, and 67% of self-identified liberals supported it. Nearly all Republicans and conservatives, 96% of each category of respondents, supported it. The poll surveyed 1,003 registered voters. Voters who identify with the DSA movement are typically young and educated. The survey showed that 82% of voters under age 30, and 79% of voters with a college degree, support photo ID to verify citizenship when registering to vote. The SAVE America Act passed the Republican-controlled House but is stalled in the Senate. The legislation would require photo ID to vote, in addition to mandating proof of citizenship to register to vote. Support among self-identified DSA Democrats dropped to 58% on the question of requiring photo ID to vote, as opposed to registering to vote. The question was, “Do you think people should be required to show a valid form of state or federally issued photo identification to prove U.S. citizenship before being allowed to vote?” Overall support for requiring proof of citizenship to vote, as opposed to registering to vote, also dropped to 77%. The poll showed that 62% of Democrats supported the policy, while 95% of Republicans did. “Even socialists think voter ID is common sense, yet Democrat politicians keep blocking the SAVE America Act and attacking election safeguards because they know they can’t win fair and square,” Republican National Committee spokeswoman Ally Triolo said in a public statement following publication of the poll. In June, after a Supreme Court ruling on state redistricting, the DSA issued a statement that denounced voter ID laws, saying, “Within hours of the decision’s announcement, Republican attorneys general in Texas, Alabama, South Carolina and Mississippi stated that they would immediately institute restrictive voter ID laws and gerrymandering schemes, legislation that the now-gutted enforcement procedures of the Voting Rights Act might have overturned.” In February, the DSA issued a statement calling the SAVE America Act a “sweeping voter suppression bill.” “Our candidates for office stand firm against racist voter ID laws and secret poll taxes like the ‘SAVE America Act,’” the DSA statement says. “Right now, our socialists in office are working to build a society that works for everyone. In our chapters, we continue to educate working-class voters about the needless complications in our electoral system, from party registration dates to laws like these.”