Analysis | Trump seeks takeover of elections in a bid for more presidential power

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The executive order empowers various federal agencies to assist in the changes, from the Justice Department to the Department of Homeland Security to the State Department to the Social Security Administration.
47% : A key paragraph of the new executive order reads as follows: "Under the Constitution, State governments must safeguard American elections in compliance with Federal laws that protect Americans' voting rights and guard against dilution by illegal voting, discrimination, fraud, and other forms of malfeasance and error.
47% : It is a bid for greater presidential power, and the latest example of Trump seeking to wrest power from an independent agency.
44% : Yet the United States has not adequately enforced Federal election requirements that, for example, prohibit States from counting ballots received after Election Day or prohibit noncitizens from registering to vote.
42% : No president has sought more change in more institutions more rapidly, through executive orders than Trump.
38% : So far, there's been no notable public outcry on the right over the federal takeover that Trump is seeking.
32% : That would appear to be a roadblock for Trump.
29% : The issue of counting ballots received after Election Day has long been decried by Trump.
15% : Trump has repeatedly alleged election fraud over the years.

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