Trust in Congressional Dems’ Handling of Immigration Falls as Border Descends into Chaos
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By Andrew R. Arthur on August 18, 2021
Recent polling shows that voters’ trust in the ability of Democrats in Congress to handle immigration is falling, as the Southwest border descends into chaos. The numbers are actually worse than they appear, because comparisons with earlier polls show that the more that voters, and crucial Independent voters in particular, get to see the president’s immigration policies, the less they like them.
Between August 7 and 9, polling outfit Morning Consult and Politico, a D.C. news outlet that focuses on political issues, conducted a poll of 1,996 registered voters. It revealed that just 38 percent of those polled trusted Democrats in Congress to handle the issue of immigration, compared to 45 percent who trusted congressional Republicans.
That is a three-point drop for Democrats from similar polling conducted by the two groups just a month before. Note that the GOP has not garnered any new trust from the voters since July: The same 45 percent of the electorate put more trust in congressional Republicans in both polls.
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