Скачать или смотреть POLL 📊: Bipartisan concern over border security among North Carolinas

WRAL News asked 850 people of all political backgrounds all across North Carolina whether they think the federal government should change how it's handling the southern border. Three out of four people said "yes." Forty-six percent of adults statewide say they want to stop all crossings through the southern border. Another 32% say the federal government should take steps to reduce immigration from Central America and South America, but not go as far as a total shutdown. Just 12% said they think immigration policy should remain the same or be made less strict. Last month Democratic President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump each made trips to the border; Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee for president again this year. Biden is also seeking reelection.

WRAL polling released earlier this week shows most North Carolina voters would prefer not to have a rematch of the 2020 election between Trump and Biden — but that immigration is one of the top issues for many voters statewide, and one that’s especially likely to motivate Republican voters this fall. The WRAL poll, conducted in partnership with SurveyUSA between March 3 and March 9, has a credibility interval of 4.1 percentage points. A credibility interval is similar to margin of error but takes into account more factors and is considered by some pollsters to be a more accurate measurement of statistical certainty. When asked their opinion on 10 different topics ranging from the economy to guns or abortion, likely North Carolina voters ranked immigration sixth, according to WRAL polling released Wednesday. When broken down by political party, the poll showed registered Republicans were more concerned about immigration than any other issue — even the economy, which was the top issue for the average voter. More than half of registered Republicans ranked immigration as having the highest possible importance to them, compared with fewer than one in five Democrats.

But when pressed on the issue, Democrats tended to agree with Republicans that stronger border security is needed, according to results released Thursday. The new results show 87% of Republicans said immigration across the southern border should be reduced or totally shut down, as did 71% of Democrats and 77% of unaffiliated voters. National Democrats appear to be reaching similar conclusions. Biden’s trip to the border last month was one of several ways the president has been embracing a more conservative approach to immigration as he seeks reelection — despite having campaigned in 2020 on undoing some of Trump’s immigration policies, such as taking migrant children from their families at the border and sending them to live others.

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Exclusive WRAL Poll Information: 850 people were surveyed in conjunction with SurveyUSA & WRAL across North Carolina during the time period of March 3-9, 2024.
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