Almost Half of the Electorate Deems Illegal Immigration a 'Critical Threat'

In a poll conducted between August 28 and 30 by Morning Consult and Politico of 1,997 registered voters, 55 percent of respondents disapproved of President Biden's handling of immigration, and almost half saw "Illegal immigration" as a "Critical threat to the vital interests of the United States in the next 10 years".

The disapproval of those voters who are not Democrats on the issue of immigration is likely going to be a headache for Biden and his fellow partisans in elections going forward, because of the significant concerns that the electorate has about illegal immigration.

As noted at the outset, 47 percent of respondents to the Morning Consult/Politico poll asserted that illegal immigration is "a critical threat to the vital interests of the United States in the next 10 years".

That's on top of the 31 percent of respondents who deemed illegal immigration "An important but not critical threat" to those interests, meaning that more than three-out-four voters believe that illegal immigration poses a threat to the vital interests of the United States over the next 10 years.

Women, by a 50 percent to 44 percent margin for men, are more likely to deem illegal immigration a critical threat.

Speaking of the mid-term elections, 51 percent of those who voted in 2014 termed illegal immigration to be a critical threat, and 31 percent more called it an important threat.

Even those identified as liberals in the poll were more likely to say that illegal immigration is an important threat to the vital interests of the country in the next 10 years than to say that it isn't, by a 39 percent to 36 percent margin.
 

https://cis.org/Arthur/Poll-Almost-Half-Electorate-Deems-Illegal-Immigration-Critical-Threat