NUSA May 2024 - NC Toplines - Final

A Survey of 1,053 North Carolina Likely Voters

Conducted May 26-27, 2024 by

Rasmussen Reports and NumbersUSA

1.     Biden Approval

 

26%     Strongly approve

20%     Somewhat approve

  8%     Somewhat disapprove

45%     Strongly disapprove

  1%     Not sure

 

2.     If the 2024 candidates for President were Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who would you vote for?

 

43%     Biden

51%     Trump

  4%     Some other candidate

  3%     Not sure

 

3.     In trying to control illegal immigration, should the state of North Carolina mandate that ALL employers use the federal electronic E-Verify system to help ensure that they hire only legal workers for U.S. jobs?

 

76%     Yes

11%     No

13%     Not sure

 

4.     Do you agree or disagree? Hiring illegal workers harms legal workers by reducing pay, diminishing working conditions, and making fewer jobs available to North Carolinians.

 

53%     Strongly agree

21%     Somewhat agree

13%     Somewhat disagree

  8%     Strongly disagree

  5%     Not sure

 

5.     When businesses say they are having trouble finding North Carolinians to take jobs in construction, manufacturing, hospitality, or seasonal work, what is generally best for the state?  Is it better for businesses to raise pay and try harder to recruit non-working North Carolinians even if it causes prices to rise, or is it better for the government to bring in new foreign workers to help keep business costs and prices down?

 

62%     Raise pay

20%     New foreign workers

19%     Not sure

 

6.     Do you agree or disagree? If North Carolina requires an employer to use E-Verify to make sure their new hires are legal workers, but a business refuses to comply, that company should lose its business license to operate in North Carolina.

 

40%     Strongly agree

29%     Somewhat agree

12%     Somewhat disagree

  8%     Strongly disagree

 10%    Not sure

 

7.     If your North Carolina state legislator votes AGAINST an E-Verify bill, would you be more likely to support them in the future, less likely to support them, or does it not matter?

 

20%     More likely

50%     Less likely

20%     Doesn’t matter

10%     Not sure

 

8.     The Federal Government has a program that allows state and local law enforcement agencies to partner with Federal Immigration authorities to better capture, detain, hold and deport criminal illegal aliens.  Would you support or oppose requiring the use of that program in North Carolina?

 

53%     Strongly support

23%     Somewhat support

  8%     Somewhat oppose

  7%     Strongly oppose

  8%     Not sure

 

9.     Nearly 10 million migrants have been encountered by federal border authorities since early 2021. Due to the current administration’s border policies and the resulting border crisis, states across the country are feeling the effects of illegal immigration like never before.  How important is it for North Carolina to use every tool available to combat illegal immigration?

 

58%     Very important

23%     Somewhat important

  9%     Not Very important

  5%     Not at all important

  5%     Not sure

 

10.  Remittances are money individuals send from the U.S. to people in other countries. Remittance money leaves American communities and can’t be used to buy things that stimulate the state and local economy where the money originated. Would you support or oppose a state law that charged a fee for money transfers out of the United States to help reduce remittances?

 

40%     Strongly support

25%     Somewhat support

11%     Somewhat oppose

13%     Strongly oppose

11%     Not sure

 

11.  How long have you lived in North Carolina?

 

35%     Whole life

10%     Moved in as child

23%     Moved in as adult

31%     Not sure

 

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence