Voters Still See Skills-Based Legal Entry As Immigration Fix
Voters continue to believe the U.S. immigration system is broken and still tend to favor shifting to the skills-based system that President Trump is proposing.
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May 20, 2019
May 16, 2019
Americans Are More Comfortable with Existing Infrastructure
Repairing America’s infrastructure may be the only thing President Trump and congressional Democrats can agree on, but Americans aren’t nearly as worried about the country’s roads and bridges these days. They’re still not overly enthusiastic about paying for any repairs anyway.
May 13, 2019
Voters See More Congressional Gridlock Ahead
Voters continue to say that illegal immigration is the most pressing issue for Congress, but they also still have very little confidence that President Trump and congressional Democrats can get anything done.
May 8, 2019
Voters Want Government to Get Tough on Those Who Overstay Visas
While the Trump administration works to shift U.S. visa policy to a merit-based system rather than a family-based one, most voters continue to favor a crackdown on those who overstay their welcome.
May 8, 2019
Voters Are More Welcoming of Trump’s Hard Line on Iran
As tensions escalate with Iran over its nuclear weapons program, voters here are more supportive of President Trump’s get-tough attitude but are not optimistic that it will bring needed change.
May 7, 2019
Most Still Oppose Benefits, Legal Rights for Illegal Immigrants
Voters continue to strongly oppose government benefits and constitutional legal rights for those here illegally and think the availability of those things is a magnet for further illegal immigration.
May 6, 2019
Voters Oppose ‘Unlikely’ Impeachments of Trump, Barr, Kavanaugh
Congressional Democrats seem to be in an impeaching mood these days, but voters think their threats against President Trump, Attorney General William Barr and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh are going nowhere.
May 3, 2019
Voters Say Trump’s Impeachment, Removal from Office Bad for Economy
Democrats remain convinced that President Obama is largely responsible for the economic boom that followed Donald Trump’s election, but voters in general agree that Trump’s impeachment would be bad news for the U.S. economy.
May 2, 2019
Voters See Need for Trump’s Asylum Crackdown
President Trump has announced that he is tightening up the process for foreigners seeking asylum in the United States to shift resources to the borders. Voters agree the asylum process needs work and that the borders need help.
April 30, 2019
Hillary Misses Her Presidency More Than Voters Do
Hillary Clinton’s back in the news, claiming once again that she was robbed in the 2016 election and that President Trump should be impeached. But voters don’t see a Hillary Clinton presidency as a better deal for them.
April 24, 2019
Voters Say Impeachment Unlikely from Mueller Report Despite Media’s Efforts
Voters think Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report is unlikely to help congressional Democrats impeach President Trump, but they expect reporters to try to hurt the president with it if they can.
April 23, 2019
Just 31% Oppose Plan to Send Illegals to Sanctuary Communities
Voters still aren’t eager to live in so-called sanctuary communities, and they tend to support President Trump’s proposal to send illegal immigrants to those communities.
April 22, 2019
Many Reject Mueller’s Findings But Not Sure Why
A sizable number of voters don’t agree with the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, although many of them are not exactly sure why. Most voters think politics is the reason for the criticism.
April 19, 2019
Voters Are Not Ready to Punish Israel for Netanyahu’s Reelection
A prominent Democratic congresswoman has called for cutting U.S. military aid to Israel following the reelection of the “Trump-like” Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. But voters here don’t appear ready to do that.
April 18, 2019
Most Would Vote for Gay President, Not So Sure Others Would
Pete Buttigieg, the little-known Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is hoping to be the first openly gay presidential nominee of a major party. Most voters are willing to support a gay president, but they’re far less confident that others close to them feel the same way.
April 18, 2019
Many See 9/11 As A Fading Memory
A Muslim congresswoman has drawn criticism for recent comments that appeared to downplay the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, but voters are closely divided over whether Americans even remember that horrific day. One-in-three can’t say how many died in those attacks.
April 17, 2019
Most Voters Want Jail Time for Assange
WikiLeaks honcho Julian Assange doesn’t have many friends among voters in this country, and a sizable majority want to send him to prison for leaking U.S. classified information via the internet.
April 16, 2019
Most Say It’s Likely Obama, Top Aides Aware of Trump Spying
Most voters now suspect President Obama or his top people knew that intelligence agencies were spying on the Trump campaign, but they don’t expect anyone to be punished for breaking the law.
April 10, 2019
Democrats Hot for Trump’s Tax Records, Others A Lot Less So
Voters still think presidential candidates should make their tax returns public and that President Trump is no exception. But there’s much less interest in those records than there was in 2016, and most voters say their vote next year doesn’t turn on whether Trump’s tax returns are released.
April 9, 2019
Most Still Reject Reparations for Slavery
Democrats on Capitol Hill are once again talking about taxpayer-funded reparations as a tangible way to apologize for slavery in this country, but most voters still aren’t buying.
