Poll: 62% Believe U.S. on ‘Wrong Track’ on Immigration
If you’re unhappy about what’s happening at the border, you’re not alone
By Andrew R. Arthur on May 27, 2022
The most recent poll by UK journal The Economist and opinion firm YouGov found that 62 percent of respondents believe the country is on the “wrong track” when it comes to immigration, with only 18 percent stating we are “generally headed in the right direction” on the issue (20 percent weren’t sure). That’s a higher wrong-track rating than the parlous U.S. economy received (60 percent), so if you are unhappy with what’s happening at the border, you aren’t alone.
Internal Statistics. That poll was conducted of 1,500 U.S. citizens (1,332 of whom were registered voters) between May 21 and 24. While right direction/wrong track polling is common, this is the first one that I have seen that is immigration-specific. Given the fact that the Biden administration has adopted a “no border/no enforcement” stance, one can assume that respondents didn’t conclude there was not enough immigration happening.
Both genders were consistent when it came to the wrong-track conclusion on immigration, as that 62 percent assessment held true for both men and women. Curiously, however, men were much more likely than women to believe that immigration in this country was headed in the right direction when it comes to immigration, by a 21 percent to 15 percent margin.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Poll-62-Believe-US-Wrong-Track-Immigration
