Posted on 12/09/2015 10:17:44 AM PST by SeekAndFind
With his call for blocking Muslims from entering the United States, Donald Trump may be tapping into deep concern among Republican voters about allowing Middle Eastern immigrants into the country, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
In particular, majority of Republicans see a high risk that refugees from Syria will commit acts of religious and political violence in the U.S., the poll finds.
The poll was conducted before Trump made his contentious proposal on Monday, so it does not reflect public opinion about the plan. But it indicates a suspicion of newcomers from the region where Muslims predominate and follows last week's shootings in San Bernardino, California.
The AP-GfK survey found widespread antipathy toward immigration from the Middle East, with 54 percent of Americans saying the U.S. takes in too many people from the volatile region. Among Republicans, about three-quarters of respondents held that view, compared with about half of independents and more than a third of Democrats.
While the latter numbers could point to general election risks for Republicans in taking a hard line against Muslims, there appear to be benefits in the GOP primaries.
Tea party backers, whites and older Americans -- all important voting groups in Republican presidential primaries -- were more likely to say immigration from the Middle East is too high. Among evangelical Christians, who wield significant power in the kickoff Iowa caucus, 63 percent of respondents held that view.
Officials say the couple who carried out the California attack -- a U.S.-born man and Pakistani-born woman -- had been radicalized for some time, with the wife pledging her allegiance to the Islamic State group. The killings came just three weeks after Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for attacks across Paris that killed 130, sparking fears about the extremist group's reach in the West.
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Little-by-little, day-by-day, the transformation moves ahead, right on schedule.
And Trump didn't know that?? Hee, hee..
“Wary”?! Shouldn’t we be beyond wary?!
So what? The Uni-Party will prevail!
Like it or lump it, Folks.
It must have taken them an hour or so to think of this title ha ha ha.
It should be in the 90s
Too many Americans are brainwashed boobs
How many are afraid to say what they think to a pollster
Unfortunately it will take more American blood spilled before the rest wake up.
There is another factor not reported in the poll. This issue will drive people to the polls(their security) and Trump is the only one out in front on this.
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