A new Rasmussen Reports national phone and online survey shows that if likely U.S. voters are given the choice between two candidates — one who supports amnesty for illegal aliens and another who favors deporting all illegal aliens — 52 percent of likely voters would support the candidate who favors deportation.
Just 36 percent would favor the candidate who wants amnesty for illegal aliens.
Seventy-five percent of Republicans support the candidate who favors deportation. Fifty percent of unaffiliated voters also support the candidate who favors deportation, as do 34 percent of Democrats.
Fifty-six percent of Democrats, 34 percent of unaffiliated voters and 18 percent of Republicans would support the candidate who supports amnesty for illegals.
Fifty-three percent of likely voters oppose amnesty for illegals, including 41 percent who strongly oppose it. Forty-one percent of voters said they’d support legislation giving amnesty to illegals, including 17 who said they’d strongly support it.
Thirty-seven percent of voters said “illegal alien” is the best way to describe foreigners who cross the border in violation of immigration laws. Twenty-six percent said “illegal immigrant” is the best term. Just 22 percent said “undocumented migrant” and 10 percent said they prefer “asylum seeker.”
