Toplines - NumbersUSA April 2024 Iowa

Survey of 925 Iowa Likely Voters

Conducted April 5-9, 2024

Rasmussen Reports and NumbersUSA

1.     How would you rate the job Joe Biden has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

 

20%         strongly approve

17%         somewhat approve

7%            somewhat disapprove

54%         strongly disapprove

1%            not sure

 

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

 

73%         yes
12%         no
14%         not sure

 

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

 

47%         strongly agree

23%         somewhat agree

17%         somewhat disagree

9%            strongly disagree

4%            not sure

 

4.     When businesses say they are having trouble finding Iowans to take jobs in construction, manufacturing, hospitality, and other service work, what is generally best for the state?   Is it better for businesses to raise pay and try harder to recruit non-working Iowans 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?

 

61%         it’s better for business to raise pay and try harder to recruit non-working Americans, even if it causes price rises

18%         it’s better for the government to bring in new foreign workers to help keep business costs and prices down

21%         not sure

 

5.     Do you agree or disagree? If Iowa passes a law requiring that employers 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 Iowa.

 

32%         strongly agree

32%          somewhat agree

18%          somewhat disagree

9%            strongly disagree

8%            not sure

 

6.     A bill passed by the Iowa Senate and now before the Iowa House of Representatives would require businesses in the state to use E-Verify to make sure new employees are legal to work in the United States. If your Iowa Representative votes AGAINST mandatory E-Verify, would you be more likely to support them in the future, less likely to support them, or does it not matter?

 

20%          more likely to support them

49%          less likely to support them

22%          it doesn’t matter

9%            not sure

 

7.     In the past, the Federal Government had a program that allowed 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 a program like that in Iowaw?

 

48%          strongly support

23%          somewhat support

12%          somewhat oppose

9%            strongly oppose

8%            not sure

 

8.     Iowa is one of many states with a taxpayer-funded workforce development program called “Dual Enrollment,” where high school students can take college courses with subsidized tuition to help them have long-term, successful careers in Iowa. This plan is currently open to illegal aliens who are not authorized to work.  Should Iowa’s Dual Enrollment program be limited to US citizens and immigrants with lawful work authorization?

 

70%          it should be limited only to citizens and legal residents

20%          the program should include illegal aliens

10%          not sure

 

9.     In the month of December 2023 alone, over 300-thousand illegal aliens were encountered at the southern border - the highest number ever. 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 Iowa to use every tool available to combat illegal immigration?

 

50%          very important

22%          somewhat important

14%          not very important

9%            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?

 

34%          strongly support

24%          somewhat support

14%          somewhat oppose

14%          strongly oppose

15%          not sure

 

11.   How long have you lived in Iowa? 

 

73%          your whole life

7%            you moved here while a child

18%          you moved here as an adult

3%            not sure

 

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