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.
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Well I guess no need for elections, then. /s
Pew?? Weren’t these the people who had polls showing Hillary winning by a land slide?
This is Pew. Ignore it. It’s like the polls that said that Hillary would win in a laugher.
Fake poll. Fake news.
Pew! This poll stinks!
And Hillary is still never going to be President.
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?
Sadly for Pew, public policy isn't based on their polls.
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.
DJT isn’t a politician. He doesn’t operate on polls.
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).
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.
That poll you cited from Pew was 4 months before Nov. 16. What was their poll data closest to November?
Wow, great poll.
Not likely voters, not even registered voters, just "adults".
The Polls Are Always Right!
HISTORY
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Neither is reality ... apparently
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.
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