Forty-four percent (44%) of voters nationwide believe working class incomes would go up if companies were only allowed to hire people in the United States legally. A Napolitan News survey found that 27% disagree and 29% are not sure.
Voters earning less than $75,000 annually are somewhat more likely to believe that working class wages would go up.
Main Street Americans believe such a policy would increase working class wages by a 47% to 25% margin. However, Elite and Elite Adjacent voters are divided: 37% say working class incomes would go up, and 32% disagree.
This Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen January 7-8, 2024. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.