64% Say Politicians Added to the Panic After MN ICE Shooting

Publication Date: 01/12/2026 3:22 PM CST

64% Say Politicians Added to the Panic After MN ICE Shooting

Publication: 01/12/2026 3:22 PM CST

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On the tragedy of the Minnesota shooting, voters are seeing what they want to see: 44% blame the ICE officer, and 43% blame the woman who was shot.
- Unsurprisingly, 68% of Republicans blame the woman, while 71% of Democrats disagree and blame the ICE officer.
Among those who support open borders, 78% blame the ICE agent.
- Among those who say all immigration (legal and illegal) is bad, two thirds (65%) blame the woman.
- Among those who say legal immigration is good, but illegal is bad, 50% blame the woman, while 39% blame the ICE agent.
- A majority (56%) of voters making more than $150,000 per year blame the woman, while all other measured income brackets blame the ICE agent.
Though opinion is divided on who to blame, voters agree that politicans added to the sense of fear and panic, rather than addressing voters' concerns.
- Two thirds (64%) say politicians added to the panic, while just 22% take the opposite view.
- Both parties agree on this point.
Finally, 39% report following this story Very Closely, which is an incredibly high number.
- For comparison, just 22% said they were following the news of the Epstein files Very Closely.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, January 11-12, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.