Posted on 02/01/2005 8:10:40 PM PST by RWR8189
"Although the perceived importance of immigration has increased, it remains near the bottom of a list of issues in terms of the priority the president and Congress should give it, according to the public. "
Your deletion of all of the parts not supportive of your position is very significant because the full article will not be available after today to non subscribers.
"Gallup’s Dec. 17-19 poll found that Iraq (51% extremely important), terrorism (49%), education (44%), healthcare costs (42%), the economy (40%), and Social Security (40%) are the top issues in the eyes of Americans. The importance that Americans say should be given to dealing with immigration is roughly equivalent to the importance of dealing with poverty and homelessness (29%), energy policies (27%), taxes (26%), and the environment (24%) in the next year.
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All I did was take the first paragraph from each little section because I'm limited to how much I can post in an excerpted article.
I thought everyone could see this article, I didn't realize there was a time limit.
If you can't see the rest anyone can feel free to FReepmail me and I'll send it to them.
And I'm not quite sure how you know what my position is...
Yeah...I think all of those things are organized very neatly in the graphic I posted...
"The percentage of Americans who support a decreased level of immigration into the country was lower in January 2001, at 45%. The sentiment jumped to 58% in January 2002, due undoubtedly to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks against New York City and Washington, D.C. In 2003, 55% said the immigration level should be lowered, and last year, 49% felt that way. In short, sentiment that immigration should be decreased remains slightly higher now than it was before 9/11.
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Ahh....more words from the Fox/Bush Anti-American Brigade.
Seriously, are they trying to be deliberately ambiguous in the questions they asked?
A more current national poll is the NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Immigration Survey, conducted May 27 - August 2, 2004 (survey results on illegal immigration start on page 2). Please also see pages 4 & 5 for survey results on why the public is concerned with illegal immigration and how they think the government should deal with the issue (*not* good news for the pro-amnesty-for-illegals crowd).
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1. 59% of independents disapprove of GWB's handling of immigration. A candidate with a brain and a desire to win could really use that to achieve victory.
2. The war in Iraq is what's keeping the percentages who are most concerned with the other issues down. I would love to see how many of those would put immigration, the borders, the loss of nationalal identity and jobs as their #1 issue without the war as a diversion.
The Jan. 7-9 poll asked Americans to rate Bush’s handling of 11 issues. The president performed the worst on immigration and the federal budget deficit (32% approval rating).
How's the kool-aid?
Do a majority of Republicans read the newspaper enough to know what that is, or are they just towing the party line?
All the more reason the president deserves criticism for his dogged pursuit of a guest worker program, and at the risk of fracturing the party.
Never.
No, the numbers would be too high. By lumping all types of immigration together, they can show it's not a priority, which is the purpose of the poll.
Like most polls, it's fixed.
It is.
bayourod knows everything, and is always right; I guess you haven't learned that yet.
Here is the poll you refered to:
Free Republic Opinion Poll: Do you approve of the plan to let some of the eight million illegal aliens in the United States move toward legal status without penalty -- but with social security benefits?
Composite Opinion
No 85.2% 1,400
Yes 8.8% 145
Undecided 6.0% 98
100.0% 1,643
It's interesting how some are twisting the poll cited in the article as not putting immigration as important...they are talking about immigration,not illegal immigration,and yet,
"3 in 10 Americans say immigration is an "extremely important" issue for Congress and the president to deal with over the next year, while an additional 38% say it is "very important."
That means 68% thought immigration was extremely or VERY important.
I believe if this country was relieved of the Illegal immigrants, the legal immigrants would not be such a problem for us.
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