Ask every voter individually I’m sure there’s still a plurality who would disagree.
But a lot of Trump voters, not even the full MAGA, are in the “it’s not perfect but at least it’s something” camp and would still vote for Trump.
This is the banal evil we are in right now. Anti-establishment populism rears its ugly head for the worst possible person.
marsexpresshydra2 on
cool, how’d they vote though?
ONETRILLIONAMERICANS on
Very important. The TLDR:
> A new Pew Charitable Trust poll shows that 65% of Americans support having undocumented immigrants stay legally if certain requirements are met. About half of those say a green card should be possible, and the rest say a path to citizenship should be available. The poll also showed that majorities oppose suspending most asylum applications, curtailing the Temporary Protected Status program, and conducting workplace raids — all actions the Trump administration has taken.
Not the first poll to show this. Surveys have been very consistent. MAGA is in control of the Trump Admin so obviously they’re doing the white nationalist stuff their base loves but it’s really not popular with the public. Most Americans support amnesty for hard-working unauthorized immigrants, and many of those that don’t dislike them being black-bagged by masked thugs and shipped off without due process.
Those that voted for Trump fell prey to MAGA’s fearmongering about there being hordes of criminals, drug-dealers, etc. among the unauthorized population. We’re at a point where federal policy based on those lies are coming into conflict with the truth – that unauthorized immigrants are overwhelmingly good, hard-working people – and that’s going to be ugly.
kolmogorov_simpleton on
The Republicans, unlike the Democrats, understand public opinion polling isn’t everything and that they can drive their base into believing whatever they want them to instead of being enslaved to statistical snapshots.
UmpireKey92 on
Too late. We just made ICE the third largest military in America
BozoFromZozo on
Fuck, the US had so much time from 2000 to 2015 to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
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Ask every voter individually I’m sure there’s still a plurality who would disagree.
But a lot of Trump voters, not even the full MAGA, are in the “it’s not perfect but at least it’s something” camp and would still vote for Trump.
This is the banal evil we are in right now. Anti-establishment populism rears its ugly head for the worst possible person.
cool, how’d they vote though?
Very important. The TLDR:
> A new Pew Charitable Trust poll shows that 65% of Americans support having undocumented immigrants stay legally if certain requirements are met. About half of those say a green card should be possible, and the rest say a path to citizenship should be available. The poll also showed that majorities oppose suspending most asylum applications, curtailing the Temporary Protected Status program, and conducting workplace raids — all actions the Trump administration has taken.
Not the first poll to show this. Surveys have been very consistent. MAGA is in control of the Trump Admin so obviously they’re doing the white nationalist stuff their base loves but it’s really not popular with the public. Most Americans support amnesty for hard-working unauthorized immigrants, and many of those that don’t dislike them being black-bagged by masked thugs and shipped off without due process.
Those that voted for Trump fell prey to MAGA’s fearmongering about there being hordes of criminals, drug-dealers, etc. among the unauthorized population. We’re at a point where federal policy based on those lies are coming into conflict with the truth – that unauthorized immigrants are overwhelmingly good, hard-working people – and that’s going to be ugly.
The Republicans, unlike the Democrats, understand public opinion polling isn’t everything and that they can drive their base into believing whatever they want them to instead of being enslaved to statistical snapshots.
Too late. We just made ICE the third largest military in America
Fuck, the US had so much time from 2000 to 2015 to pass comprehensive immigration reform.