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| National Survey of 1000 Likely Voters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted February 21, 2024 by Rasmussen Reports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| INDEX | 85.3 | 83.7 | 86.7 | 101.0 | 74.4 | 81.8 | 83.9 | 92.0 | 89.1 | 77.1 | 60.4 | 114.4 | 76.7 | 56.4 | 85.5 | 125.9 | 85.0 | 85.5 | 69.1 | 77.0 | 81.7 | 98.9 | 96.9 | 84.1 | 81.0 | 84.0 | 89.0 | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Religion | Where do you live | Income | |||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | No college degree | College degree | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Major city | Suburbs | Small City/Town/Rural | Less than $100K | $100K+ | ||
| On the question of illegal immigration, is the government doing too much or too little to reduce illegal border crossings and visitor overstays? | Too much | 12% | 13% | 11% | 22% | 7% | 4% | 11% | 20% | 13% | 8% | 10% | 16% | 9% | 11% | 9% | 19% | 15% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 12% | 16% | 22% | 8% | 12% | 13% | 11% |
| Too little | 66% | 66% | 66% | 56% | 72% | 73% | 67% | 56% | 70% | 71% | 78% | 51% | 72% | 82% | 66% | 45% | 63% | 68% | 78% | 74% | 66% | 57% | 53% | 69% | 70% | 67% | 66% | |
| About right | 15% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 12% | 14% | 8% | 24% | 11% | 5% | 20% | 23% | 14% | 15% | 11% | 15% | 18% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 11% | 13% | 18% | |
| Not sure | 7% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 10% | 5% | 8% | 4% | 9% | 8% | 2% | 6% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 5% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Religion | Where do you live? | Income | |||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | No college degree | College degree | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Major city | Suburbs | Small city / town / rural | <$100k | $100k+ | ||
| In trying to control illegal immigration, should the government mandate that all employers use the federal electronic E-Verify system to help ensure that they hire only legal workers for U.S. jobs? | Yes | 66% | 70% | 62% | 60% | 70% | 70% | 64% | 70% | 70% | 72% | 82% | 55% | 63% | 83% | 63% | 47% | 67% | 66% | 76% | 69% | 69% | 58% | 64% | 65% | 68% | 67% | 66% |
| No | 19% | 16% | 21% | 26% | 14% | 14% | 19% | 14% | 21% | 12% | 11% | 23% | 20% | 10% | 19% | 30% | 18% | 19% | 15% | 12% | 15% | 25% | 18% | 19% | 18% | 19% | 18% | |
| Not sure | 15% | 14% | 17% | 14% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 9% | 16% | 7% | 21% | 17% | 7% | 17% | 23% | 15% | 16% | 9% | 19% | 16% | 17% | 18% | 16% | 13% | 14% | 16% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Religion | Where do you live? | Income | |||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | No college degree | College degree | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Major city | Suburbs | Small city / town / rural | <$100k | $100k+ | ||
| Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving lifetime work permits to most of the approximately two million illegal residents who came to this country when they were minors? | Strongly favor | 24% | 23% | 25% | 24% | 22% | 31% | 25% | 16% | 31% | 18% | 16% | 37% | 17% | 13% | 19% | 49% | 22% | 26% | 17% | 21% | 27% | 28% | 30% | 23% | 23% | 22% | 30% |
| Somewhat favor | 26% | 27% | 26% | 34% | 23% | 18% | 24% | 39% | 24% | 33% | 17% | 34% | 28% | 21% | 32% | 27% | 26% | 27% | 26% | 24% | 26% | 28% | 26% | 27% | 26% | 27% | 25% | |
| Somewhat oppose | 15% | 12% | 17% | 11% | 17% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 9% | 19% | 18% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 19% | 8% | 15% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 13% | 16% | |
| Strongly oppose | 27% | 31% | 24% | 20% | 32% | 31% | 28% | 19% | 30% | 28% | 43% | 8% | 35% | 46% | 22% | 8% | 28% | 27% | 34% | 30% | 29% | 22% | 19% | 29% | 30% | 30% | 22% | |
| Not sure | 7% | 7% | 8% | 10% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 6% | 2% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 6% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Religion | Where do you live? | Income | |||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | No college degree | College degree | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Major city | Suburbs | Small city / town / rural | <$100k | $100k+ | ||
| Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving lifetime work permits to most of the estimated 12 million illegal residents of all ages who currently reside in the United States? | Strongly favor | 18% | 20% | 16% | 26% | 12% | 17% | 15% | 23% | 28% | 11% | 11% | 29% | 12% | 13% | 15% | 30% | 21% | 15% | 16% | 11% | 22% | 19% | 29% | 16% | 15% | 19% | 17% |
| Somewhat favor | 20% | 21% | 19% | 24% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 27% | 13% | 21% | 11% | 30% | 19% | 9% | 23% | 34% | 18% | 22% | 18% | 22% | 15% | 24% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 19% | 25% | |
| Somewhat oppose | 18% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 18% | 13% | 17% | 19% | 19% | 24% | 14% | 19% | 20% | 13% | 26% | 15% | 16% | 19% | 16% | 19% | 19% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 16% | 17% | 20% | |
| Strongly oppose | 37% | 36% | 38% | 22% | 45% | 47% | 39% | 25% | 37% | 41% | 60% | 12% | 43% | 61% | 30% | 11% | 37% | 37% | 45% | 43% | 39% | 30% | 25% | 36% | 45% | 39% | 33% | |
| Not sure | 7% | 5% | 9% | 9% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 10% | 7% | 3% | 8% | 11% | 9% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 5% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Religion | Where do you live? | Income | |||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | No college degree | College degree | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Major city | Suburbs | Small city / town / rural | <$100k | $100k+ | ||
| Which is closest to the number of new immigrants the government should be adding each year -- fewer than 500,000, 750,000, one million, one and a half million, or more than one and a half million? | Fewer than 500,000 | 39% | 36% | 42% | 30% | 45% | 43% | 39% | 36% | 43% | 37% | 56% | 20% | 45% | 59% | 33% | 19% | 43% | 36% | 51% | 40% | 44% | 30% | 33% | 39% | 43% | 41% | 34% |
| 750,000 | 16% | 18% | 14% | 20% | 13% | 14% | 15% | 21% | 12% | 20% | 15% | 17% | 15% | 13% | 19% | 16% | 14% | 17% | 14% | 15% | 17% | 16% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 18% | |
| One million | 18% | 20% | 16% | 18% | 16% | 22% | 18% | 22% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 24% | 16% | 13% | 20% | 23% | 15% | 20% | 15% | 23% | 17% | 17% | 12% | 21% | 18% | 16% | 25% | |
| One an a half million | 5% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 12% | 6% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% | |
| More than one and a half million | 8% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 9% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 12% | 7% | 2% | 6% | 20% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 12% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 11% | |
| Not sure | 15% | 12% | 17% | 17% | 15% | 9% | 15% | 13% | 13% | 21% | 10% | 19% | 14% | 9% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 13% | 11% | 13% | 11% | 19% | 19% | 14% | 12% | 15% | 8% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Religion | Where do you live? | Income | |||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | No college degree | College degree | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Major city | Suburbs | Small city / town / rural | <$100k | $100k+ | ||
| Do you favor legal immigrants being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor children, or do you favor them also eventually bringing in other adult relatives in a process that can include extended family and their spouses' families? | You favor legal immigrants being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor children | 61% | 66% | 57% | 52% | 66% | 68% | 62% | 54% | 67% | 58% | 69% | 54% | 62% | 74% | 61% | 47% | 61% | 62% | 65% | 68% | 65% | 55% | 53% | 67% | 59% | 60% | 67% |
| You favor also eventually bringing in other adult relatives that can include extended family and their spouses' families | 26% | 23% | 29% | 32% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 33% | 25% | 24% | 16% | 36% | 24% | 16% | 26% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 21% | 16% | 28% | 32% | 29% | 22% | 29% | 28% | 23% | |
| Not sure | 13% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 12% | 7% | 13% | 12% | 8% | 18% | 15% | 9% | 14% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 14% | 15% | 8% | 14% | 18% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 9% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Religion | Where do you live? | Income | |||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | No college degree | College degree | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Major city | Suburbs | Small city / town / rural | <$100k | $100k+ | ||
| When businesses say they are having trouble finding Americans to take jobs in construction, manufacturing, hospitality and other service work, what is generally best for the country? Is it better for businesses to raise the pay and try harder to recruit non-working Americans even if it causes prices to rise, or is it better for the government to bring in new foreign workers to help keep business costs and prices down? | Better for businesses to raise the pay and try harder to recruit non-working Americans even if it causes prices to rise | 60% | 60% | 59% | 63% | 60% | 51% | 59% | 64% | 58% | 56% | 63% | 55% | 61% | 68% | 55% | 54% | 59% | 60% | 67% | 55% | 61% | 57% | 64% | 59% | 59% | 60% | 60% |
| Better for the government to bring in new foreign workers to help keep business costs and prices down | 23% | 26% | 21% | 24% | 20% | 31% | 22% | 23% | 30% | 24% | 19% | 29% | 20% | 16% | 26% | 29% | 23% | 23% | 18% | 23% | 27% | 23% | 19% | 26% | 23% | 24% | 21% | |
| Not sure | 17% | 14% | 21% | 13% | 21% | 18% | 19% | 13% | 12% | 20% | 18% | 16% | 19% | 16% | 18% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 22% | 12% | 20% | 18% | 15% | 19% | 15% | 19% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Religion | Where do you live? | Income | |||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | No college degree | College degree | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Major city | Suburbs | Small city / town / rural | <$100k | $100k+ | ||
| Should Congress increase the number of foreign workers taking higher-skill U.S. jobs or does the country already have enough talented people to train and recruit for most of those jobs? | Increase the number of foreign workers taking higher-skill U.S. jobs | 25% | 24% | 25% | 33% | 19% | 24% | 22% | 28% | 33% | 24% | 22% | 33% | 18% | 21% | 21% | 36% | 25% | 24% | 20% | 23% | 26% | 27% | 31% | 26% | 20% | 23% | 32% |
| The country already has enough talented people to train and recruit for most of those jobs | 63% | 63% | 62% | 55% | 69% | 62% | 63% | 63% | 60% | 71% | 73% | 49% | 68% | 75% | 67% | 42% | 64% | 62% | 75% | 60% | 68% | 55% | 57% | 61% | 67% | 65% | 57% | |
| Not sure | 13% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 14% | 15% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 18% | 14% | 4% | 12% | 22% | 11% | 14% | 5% | 17% | 6% | 19% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 11% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Religion | Where do you live? | Income | |||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | No college degree | College degree | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Major city | Suburbs | Small city / town / rural | <$100k | $100k+ | ||
| The Census Bureau projects that current immigration policies are responsible for most U.S. population growth and will add 75 million people over the next 40 years. In terms of the effect on the overall quality of life in the United States, do you favor continuing this level of immigration-driven population growth, slowing down immigration-driven population growth or having no immigration-driven population growth at all? | Continue immigration driven population growth at the current levels | 24% | 26% | 22% | 32% | 19% | 21% | 23% | 28% | 30% | 15% | 15% | 37% | 19% | 15% | 21% | 41% | 24% | 25% | 22% | 18% | 25% | 27% | 29% | 26% | 20% | 23% | 31% |
| Slow down immigration driven population growth | 43% | 42% | 43% | 38% | 44% | 50% | 43% | 42% | 38% | 51% | 47% | 38% | 44% | 47% | 46% | 33% | 38% | 46% | 45% | 44% | 47% | 39% | 36% | 46% | 43% | 42% | 45% | |
| Have no immigration driven population growth at all | 24% | 25% | 22% | 20% | 27% | 21% | 24% | 20% | 24% | 28% | 34% | 10% | 29% | 35% | 23% | 9% | 26% | 22% | 27% | 29% | 23% | 20% | 23% | 21% | 27% | 25% | 20% | |
| Not sure | 9% | 6% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 15% | 8% | 3% | 10% | 16% | 12% | 8% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 14% | 12% | 7% | 9% | 10% | 5% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Religion | Where do you live? | Income | |||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | No college degree | College degree | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Other | Major city | Suburbs | Small city / town / rural | <$100k | $100k+ | ||
| Should immigration-driven population growth be reduced to limit the expansion of cities into U.S. wildlife habitats and farmland? | Yes | 47% | 52% | 43% | 56% | 45% | 35% | 46% | 46% | 56% | 37% | 51% | 42% | 49% | 53% | 46% | 42% | 50% | 45% | 51% | 35% | 53% | 47% | 46% | 48% | 47% | 48% | 47% |
| No | 27% | 29% | 25% | 30% | 24% | 26% | 25% | 33% | 28% | 27% | 25% | 30% | 24% | 23% | 27% | 32% | 25% | 28% | 24% | 23% | 28% | 28% | 24% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 28% | |
| Not sure | 26% | 19% | 33% | 15% | 31% | 39% | 28% | 22% | 16% | 35% | 24% | 28% | 27% | 23% | 27% | 25% | 25% | 27% | 25% | 42% | 19% | 25% | 30% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 25% | |
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| Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Men | 48% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women | 52% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | 18-39 | 36% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40-64 | 47% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65+ | 17% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | White | 70% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black | 12% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 13% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Party | Republican | 33% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Democrat | 37% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 30% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
