Voters of Both Parties Want to Ditch Plutocracy and Election-Rigging A new poll bodes well for the
fate of reform bill HR1.
ABIGAIL WEINBERG, Digital Media Fellow, Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/hr1-voters-both-parties-want-to-ditch-plutocracy-and-election-rigging/
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A sweeping bill that would prevent partisan gerrymandering, limit money in politics, and expand voting access has broad bipartisan support, according to new polling by Data for Progress and Vote Save America.
The For the People Act passed in the House of Representatives in 2019, but then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to bring the bill to a vote in the Senate. Now that Democrats control both chambers of Congress, the bill has another shot at becoming law.
It turns out that Democrats aren’t the only ones rooting for the legislation, which is also known as HR1. Out of 1,555 likely voters polled, 17 percent of Republicans said they strongly supported the legislation, and 40 percent said they somewhat supported it.
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The support appeared even more widespread when pollsters surveyed likely voters on individual aspects of the bill, like preventing foreign influence (86 percent support) and limiting money in politics (85 percent support).
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