Poll: Far more Republicans than Democrats say immigration is a top problem

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY OLIVIA BEAVERS - 01/15/18 07:58 PM EST

A new poll finds that roughly four times as many Americans who identify as Republican or lean toward the GOP say immigration is a top U.S. problem, compared to Democrats.

Sixteen percent of Republicans in the Gallup survey released Monday say immigration is the biggest problem in America — up from only 9 percent last month and far more than the 4 percent of Democrats who say the same. In the GOP, immigration ties with "government dissatisfaction" as the top-ranked problem.

Among Democrats, government dissatisfaction is by far the front-runner, with 30 percent of respondents listing it. Race relations comes in second among Democrats with 8 percent.

The poll comes as lawmakers on Capitol Hill struggle to reach a deal on immigration reform as the government heads toward a possible shutdown at the end of the week.



Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369066-poll-more-republicans-say-immigration-is-a-top-us-problem-than

[unblock]

1. The republican core is easily led. Theyd say the price of beets was the biggest issue if

they heard it on foxnews a few times.

It’s astounding what complete crap they can be made to believe.

[iluvtennis]

2. If the poll question was "Is there a problem"...that's a nonsense query. What are the issues they

have with immigration. Is it ppl overstaying their visitor visa, is it H1-b visas that we used for engineers and scientists for the high tech companies, is it some perception that immigrants are taking a job you are qualified for, is it that they want reduced numbers of color immigration. More data needed for this poll to even be on the edge of meaningful

[cstanleytech]

3. A lot of them think it's a problem because they think immigration is why the economy sucks

but what's happening is what has happened in other countries in the past and that is they are blaming the other for the problems and using them as a scapegoat.
Why? Probably because what's hurt the country more than anything has been Republican policies for the past few decades.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Some folks are not welcomed by the right.

[SunSeeker]

5. Republicans are ignorant racists. What else is new?