Veria - Claim Fact Check

92%

Fact Check Analysis

The claim is ACCURATE with minor contextual caveats.

The 85% figure is real and widely attributed to Pew Research Center polling from August 2025. Multiple reputable sources confirm Pew found 85% of White Americans support requiring government-issued photo ID to vote¹²³.
The poll was cited by CNN data analyst Harry Enten and has been widely shared on social media by political figures and organizations like America PAC⁴³.
The racial breakdown is consistently reported as: 85% of White Americans, 82% of Latino Americans, and 76% of Black Americans support voter ID requirements³⁴¹².
The poll surveyed U.S. adults, not strictly "voters" — Pew's American Trends Panel surveys adults nationwide. This is a minor distinction, but the claim's use of "white voters" rather than "white Americans" slightly mischaracterizes the poll's scope⁵⁶.
The broader Pew findings are well-documented: 83% of all U.S. adults support photo ID requirements, including 95% of Republicans and 71% of Democrats⁶⁷.
Other polls align closely: Gallup (October 2024) found 84% support for photo ID, and Rasmussen (January 2025) found 77% of likely voters agreed it's a reasonable measure⁸.

This Pew poll is from August 2025 and relates to support for the SAVE America Act and general voter ID requirements⁶⁵.
While the specific percentages by race/ethnicity aren't directly visible in the publicly available excerpts from the Pew report, they are consistently reported by multiple news outlets citing the same poll³²⁴.
The claim references a "tweet" — the numbers have indeed been widely circulated on social media by Congressman Derrick Van Orden, America PAC, and others⁴¹.

Overall validity: 92%