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Pilot an integrated visa portal Adopt 92%
Adopt the bipartisan Fences & Gates package Adopt 86%
Legal status for childhood arrivals (DREAM) Reject 89%
New visa for non-seasonal jobs Adopt 78%
Support (Support + Strongly support) Adopt Consensus to adopt Reject Consensus to reject
Among Republicans

Do you support or oppose allowing asylum officers to make a final decision on asylum claims?

47% say no

47% oppose rejecting
53% support rejecting
Among Democrats

Do you support or oppose allowing asylum officers to make a final decision on asylum claims?

59% say no

59% oppose rejecting
42% support rejecting
Among Independents

Do you support or oppose allowing asylum officers to make a final decision on asylum claims?

49% say no

49% oppose rejecting
51% support rejecting

UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN

◀ Oppose Support ▶
Earn legal status under the DREAM Act 89% support
11% oppose 89% support
Leave in limbo, except the most dangerous 76% oppose
76% oppose 24% support
Deport all who arrived as children 87% oppose
87% oppose 13% support
Strongly oppose Oppose Support Strongly support

Do you support or oppose allowing asylum officers to make a final decision on asylum claims?

Strongly opposeOpposeSupportStrongly support
All (Weighted)16%36%39%9%

All (Weighted) · n = 824 responses

Republicans 88%Democrats 52%Independents 72%
Support
All (Raw)71%
Strongly supportSupportStrongly opposeOpposeTotal supportTotal oppose
All (Weighted)9%39%16%36%49%51%
Republicans14%39%12%35%53%47%
Democrats4%38%23%36%42%59%
Independents10%41%13%36%51%49%
Other7%32%19%42%39%61%

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What percentage of Republican members of CommonSense American do you think support this bipartisan fences and gates legislative package?

Mean
Weighted mean51.1%
Republicans56.5%
Democrats46.8%
Independents50.6%

n = 1,156 responses

263 Republicans, 313 Democrats, 758 Independents

What share of Democrats support Do you support or oppose this bipartisan package??

+37
Republican guess49%
actually86%
0%25%50%75%100%

Republicans guess 49%; actually 86% of Democrats support it.

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