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Pew Poll: Most Americans continue to oppose U.S. border wall, doubt Mexico would pay for it
Pew Research ^ | 02/24/2017 | Rob Suls

Posted on 02/25/2017 6:30:23 AM PST by SeekAndFind

As was the case throughout the presidential campaign, more Americans continue to oppose (62%) than favor (35%) building a wall along the entire U.S. border with Mexico. And while President Donald Trump has said the U.S. would make Mexico pay for the wall, the public is broadly skeptical: 70% think the U.S. would ultimately pay for the wall, compared with just 16% who think Mexico would pay for it.

The proposal to build the wall was one of several contentious issues that loomed over a meeting between Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Mexican officials this week to discuss immigration and border issues.

The latest national survey by Pew Research Center, conducted Feb. 7-12, 2017 among 1,503 adults, finds the public holds mixed views on a border wall’s potential impact on illegal immigration. About three-in-ten (29%) think a wall along the entire border with Mexico would lead to a “major reduction” in illegal immigration into the U.S.; another 25% think it would result in a “minor reduction.” A 43% plurality thinks a border wall would not have much impact on illegal immigration into the U.S.

Overall views of the border wall have changed little since last summer. As in the past, there are sharp differences in views across demographic and political groups.

Overall, 46% of whites favor building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, while a similar share (52%) say they are opposed. By contrast, large majorities of blacks (86%) and Hispanics (83%) say they oppose building the wall.

Opposition to the wall is widespread among young adults younger than 30. By 78% to 20%, more adults under 30 oppose than favor a wall. About two-thirds (65%) of those ages 30-49 also oppose a wall.

(Excerpt) Read more at pewresearch.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: borderwall; mexico; pew
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1 posted on 02/25/2017 6:30:23 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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2 posted on 02/25/2017 6:30:59 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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Well I guess no need for elections, then. /s


3 posted on 02/25/2017 6:31:48 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: SeekAndFind

Pew?? Weren’t these the people who had polls showing Hillary winning by a land slide?


4 posted on 02/25/2017 6:33:09 AM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: P.O.E.

This is Pew. Ignore it. It’s like the polls that said that Hillary would win in a laugher.


5 posted on 02/25/2017 6:33:29 AM PST by Castigar
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To: SeekAndFind

Fake poll. Fake news.


6 posted on 02/25/2017 6:33:56 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: P.O.E.

Pew! This poll stinks!


7 posted on 02/25/2017 6:34:49 AM PST by Right Brother
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To: SeekAndFind

And Hillary is still never going to be President.


8 posted on 02/25/2017 6:35:02 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: SeekAndFind

The problem is in the questions not the response. The only relevant question is, “Does the United States have a right to a secure border?” The questions show just how much the left has misrepresented the concept of a secure border and tried to turn it into an unpopular public works project.

If securing our border isn’t going to work, why is Mexico screaming like a mashed cat?


9 posted on 02/25/2017 6:36:03 AM PST by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
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Clinton tops Trump by 9 points in new Pew poll

Sadly for Pew, public policy isn't based on their polls.

10 posted on 02/25/2017 6:36:21 AM PST by Trump20162020
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Too bad. The media are deliberately rigging polls to try and stop the President on everything. Just like the polls now claiming everyone loves Obamacare.


11 posted on 02/25/2017 6:36:31 AM PST by VermithraxPejorative
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DJT isn’t a politician. He doesn’t operate on polls.


12 posted on 02/25/2017 6:37:54 AM PST by snarkytart (Mak)
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You’re right. I haven’t met anyone (and I work with many Hispanics) who opposes the wall, and ObamaCare was a key to Trump’s victory because Americans were finally seeing the impact of it (Obama had rigged it so it wouldn’t crush people until AFTER his re-election bid).


13 posted on 02/25/2017 6:38:26 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: SeekAndFind

Most people don’t seem to understand the vehicle Trump envisions for paying for the wall: Import taxes. The average person seems to think Trump is going to send a bill to Mexico and they pay it. That’s not even close to what he said. Still, the MSM has done nothing to explain his position. Instead, they want to perpetuate the misconceptions being bandied about since it makes Trump look bad.


14 posted on 02/25/2017 6:38:41 AM PST by econjack
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To: Trump20162020

That poll you cited from Pew was 4 months before Nov. 16. What was their poll data closest to November?


15 posted on 02/25/2017 6:40:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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"1,503 adults"

Wow, great poll.

Not likely voters, not even registered voters, just "adults".

16 posted on 02/25/2017 6:40:49 AM PST by Trump20162020
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The Polls Are Always Right!

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HISTORY
PROVES
IT!

</sarcasm>


17 posted on 02/25/2017 6:42:02 AM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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Sadly for Pew, public policy isn't based on their polls.

Neither is reality ... apparently

18 posted on 02/25/2017 6:42:43 AM PST by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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Trump can make both the people in Mexico and the illegal aliens in our country pay for the wall by simply adding a tax on remittance payments to Mexico.

Easy Peasy.


19 posted on 02/25/2017 6:45:00 AM PST by Bobalu (The fool has said in his heart that there is no God...I am not a fool.)
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20 posted on 02/25/2017 6:45:35 AM PST by Phil DiBasquette
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