A Napolitan News survey found that at least 66% of voters in every state and congressional district believe illegal immigration is bad for America. In 22 congressional districts, at least 85% of voters said illegal immigration was bad.
The lowest level of support for this view was found in Washington, DC. But even in DC, 66% consider illegal immigration bad, and just 26% consider it good for the nation.
These results are the mirror image of data that was released yesterday showing that 79% of voters in every congressional district believe legal immigration is good.
Combining these results reveals a strong concensus that legal immigration is good for the country and illegal is bad. Nationwide, 67% of voters hold that view and it is shared by majorities in every congressional district.
Scott Rasmussen, President of RMG Research and founder of the Napolitan Institute, observed that "These topline national numbers have been stable for decades. They highlight the reality that any discussion on immigration - and any polling on immigration - must clearly distinguish between legal and illegal immigration."
The lowest level of support for this view is 57% in NY-13, and only 6 other districts havefewer than 60% who hold this mainstream view (CA-34, CA-37, DC-AL, MA-07, NY-15, and PA-03). Meanwhile, 10 districts have more than 70%, including FL-17, FL-19, and NE-03 tied for the higest with 72%.
The stage and congressional district results were provided by RMG's Precision Politics Geo-Targeting Application. This product collects rich demographic information from a large sample of voters. It then determines geo-targeted results using regression and post-stratification, a statistical technique that combines survey responses with census data.
Results for individual states and districts can be viewed on our data map. You can toggle between state and congressional districts, results for different questions, and choose between a map view or data table.
Additional state and congressional data will be released throughout the week.
The Precision Politics Geo-Targeting Application was developed by Scott Rasmussen in co-operation with Rajant Health.
