Cutting through the rhetoric of both the conservative and more liberal press is what the American voters really think. And the view of some Republican candidates for Congress that Trump’s bet that rallying his base around the caravan of “invading foreigners” that is still at least one month from our southern border is probably based in some knowledge of what the people really think about the subject of immigration just 10 days from the mid-term elections.
A NPR/PBS/Marist poll conducted last week indicates that immigration is, in fact, tied for second place with health care as an issue that may factor into deciding our vote for Congress next week. From that perspective Trump seems to be seizing upon an issue that is resonating with Americans.
However, when asked in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted in September, an overwhelming majority of voters believe that immigration helps the U.S. more than it hurts it. That trend has only accelerated over the past eight years, as the poll results show in the table reprinted below.
Trump”s strategy of making the invading caravan his major campaign issue in the days before the elections could well backfire if those who believe immigration helps the U.S. more than hurts it come out and vote.
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