Immigrants Abandon Dems To Support Gop Immigration Policies In Large Polling Shift

It appears that nan group of American voters who person shifted successful ample numbers from Democrats to Republicans successful caller years connected nan combustible rumor of immigration are really nan nation's immigrants themselves.

A look astatine pre- and post-election surveys from nan 2020 and 2024 cycles indicates a 49-point plaything by voters calved extracurricular nan United States – nan immense mostly of whom are considered immigrants – connected which awesome governmental statement would do a amended occupation handling nan rumor of immigration.

American National Election Studies (ANES) information from nan 2020 statesmanlike predetermination indicates voters calved successful different state said they favored Democrats alternatively than Republicans connected nan rumor of migration by a 58%-24% margin.

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Data from pre- and post-election surveys from nan 2020 and 2024 cycles bespeak a 49-point plaything by voters calved extracurricular nan United States connected which awesome governmental statement would do a amended occupation handling nan rumor of immigration. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Four years later, nan information indicated 45% of voters calved successful different region who formed a ballot successful nan 2024 statesmanlike predetermination said the GOP would do a amended occupation handling immigration, pinch 30% pointing to nan Democratic Party.

There was a smaller but still salient displacement from nan Democrats to nan Republicans by each voters, according to nan information from ANES, which is nan oldest predetermination study successful nan world (dating backmost to 1952) and is often referred to arsenic nan golden modular for predetermination surveys.

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Daron Shaw, who serves arsenic a personnel of nan Fox News Decision Team and is nan Republican partner connected nan Fox News poll, said nan ample displacement toward nan GOP connected nan migration rumor by those calved extracurricular nan U.S. is "reflective of nan truth that migrant voters started truthful pro-Democrat. There's much room for them to shift."

Shaw besides noted that earlier President Donald Trump first ran for nan White House successful 2016, migration and separator information were mostly seen arsenic abstracted issues.

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"Since Trump has travel connected nan scene, those issues person really melded to nan Republican advantage," Shaw said.

Shaw, a authorities professor and chair astatine nan University of Texas, besides said "you're seeing a activity towards nan Republican Party connected migration because it's been mostly focused connected separator security. That's existent pinch non-immigrant populations arsenic good arsenic migrant populations."

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Immigration and border security were cardinal issues that Trump spotlighted arsenic he campaigned to triumph backmost nan White House successful past year's statesmanlike election.

Republicans won backmost power of nan presidency and nan Senate and defended their mini House mostly successful nan 2024 elections. And Republicans made gains among Black, Hispanic and younger voters, each accepted members of nan Democratic Party's base.

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Border information and migration person remained successful nan nation's governmental spotlight successful nan astir 5 months since Trump returned to nan White House, acknowledgment to nan president's sweeping and arguable moves connected nan 2 issues.

Aiming to extinguish escalating protests successful Los Angeles sparked by migration raids carried retired by ICE astatine his administration's direction, Trump sent successful National Guard troops and moreover mobilized Marines. The unrest and nan moves by Trump person dominated nationalist headlines for astir a week.

Fox News' Dana Blanton and Victoria Balara contributed to this report.