Republican candidates should realize that 70% of swing-voting independents “strongly” or “somewhat” support deporting illegal immigrants, according to a Signal poll. released Tuesday.
“This new national data shows that voters see an unsafe border and resulting illegal immigration as a crisis, and they believe the Biden administration is not addressing it.” Said Brent Buchanan, president of the polling company Signal. He continued:
Republican candidates at all levels are capitalizing on this sentiment and influencing the daily lives of their voters, thus exacerbating this issue to a boiling point and the despicable support of Democrats that the region can no longer afford to ignore. It would be wise to contrast ourselves with others. .
Detailed results from a poll of 2,000 likely voters conducted on January 11-12 found that 61% of Republicans “strongly” support deportation.
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Forty percent of independents, Democrats, Black Americans, and 21% of Biden's 2020 voters “strongly” support deportation.
A “very” opinion is more important than a “somewhat” opinion because it most likely determines how a person votes.
The survey found that 50% of Democrats overall support deporting illegal aliens, with 21% saying they strongly support it and 29% saying they somewhat support it.
Immigrants evacuated from Floyd Bennett Field arrive at James Madison High School on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City, during a storm on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. (Gardiner Anderson, New York Daily News, via Getty Images)
Many other polls show growing public opposition to legal and illegal immigration amid President Joe Biden's pro-business immigration policies.
The poll shows that Senate Republican leadership is tied with Democrats despite Democrats' track record of extracting millions of poor and desperate immigrants from poor countries through legal and illegal means. The move comes amid increasing pressure to conclude a border agreement. Many Democrats (and some Republicans) want the deal to pass to minimize the visibility of Biden's aggressive immigration policies during the 2024 presidential campaign.
Support for deportation is weak among some groups: about 33% of women, 5% of women under 55, 34% of presidential voters and 28% of “floating voters.” Furthermore, 32% of “floating voters” said they “somewhat” supported deportation.
