Poll: You Can Fool Some of the People All of the Time By Mark Krikorian
The Bear on Apr 01 2008 at 6:37 am | Filed under: Election 08’
A new survey I commissioned demonstrates how McCain’s malarkey about supporting enforcement has succeeded in duping a significant number of voters. The poll (complete results are here) found that only 34 percent of people who voted for McCain in the primaries and caucuses knew that he favored a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants (the word “amnesty” never appeared in the survey questions).
Meanwhile, 35 percent of his voters thought he favored attrition of the illegal population through enforcement, 21 percent didn’t know his position, and (this is my favorite) 10 percent thought McCain’s position on illegal immigration was “a program of mass roundups and deportations.” What’s more, 58 percent of McCain voters said that, regardless of who was elected president, they themselves would oppose legislation to legalize illegals.
The moral of the story: McCain’s nomination does not represent a mandate for open borders.
Source: The Corner Blog
McCain, illegal immigration, open borders
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