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New Politico Poll Has One Surprising Result: DC Elites and General Public Agree on Immigration

Posted August 16, 2010 by Patrick Young, Esq.
Categories: Federal Immigration Policy

A new poll from Politico has one result that has surprised many pundits: DC insiders and the American electorate agree on just one thing: We need immigration reform now. Politico conducted seperate polls of the general public and federal powerplayers. On most questions there was a wide divergence of opinion. But not on comprehensive immigration reform.

From Politico:

It’s not news in this poll that Congress receives poor marks for its overall performance, given the state of the national economy, but what is a surprise is that solid majorities of the public and overwhelming majorities of DC elites want some kind of comprehensive immigration legislation passed now.

The scarcity of jobs, the growth of the Latino vote and the legislation in Arizona have all contributed to creating an atmosphere in which the public says that progress on this issue is overdue.

Fifty-nine percent of the general population wants to see action on meaningful reform and so do 76 percent of DC elites. More notable in today’s partisan climate is that reform gets the nod from Democrats and independents in equal measure (61 percent of both think Congress should “pass comprehensive immigration law guidelines now”) and that 59 percent of Republicans agree as well.

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