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Policing · Public safety

How much would you [approve or disapprove] of each of the following types of agents being stationed at voting locations?

2026 Q3 survey · 1,528 all respondents

Local law enforcement officers

25.4%
29.4%
17.7%
7.7%
15.2%
4.7%

Your state's national guard

17.2%
19.4%
18.9%
9.4%
29.4%
5.7%

Another state's national guard

8.5%
11.0%
19.7%
13.6%
40.5%
6.8%

Immigration enforcement officers

20.9%
14.4%
14.2%
7.2%
39.3%
4.0%

FBI agents

15.2%
15.3%
20.3%
10.7%
33.7%
4.8%

Federal law enforcement officers generally

18.3%
21.3%
17.8%
9.8%
27.2%
5.6%

Department of Justice election monitors

21.6%
24.9%
19.5%
6.3%
21.0%
6.7%
Methodology

This survey is based on 1,528 interviews conducted by YouGov on the internet of Americans. The sample was weighted according to gender, age, race/ethnicity, education, voter registration status, party identification, and U.S. Census region based on voter registration lists, the U.S. Census American Community Survey, the National Public Opinion Reference Survey, and the U.S. Census Current Population Survey, as well as 2020 and 2024 Presidential vote. Respondents were selected from YouGov to be representative of Americans. The weights range from 0.13 to 5.64 with a mean of 1 and a standard deviation of 0.52. The margin of error (a 95% confidence interval) for a sample percentage p based upon the subsetted sample is approximately 2.8%.