As Trump vows mass deportation, polls suggest growing support – but not a mandate
As Trump vows mass deportation, polls suggest growing support – but not a mandate
- November 17, 2024
- Michael Tesler, poli sci, CNN, Nov. 17, 2024
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In the June 2024 data from Gallup, the share of Americans who favored deporting all immigrations living illegally in the US was up 15 points from 2016, with the share favoring reduced immigration levels rising 17 points over the same time period. As political scientist Michael Tesler, [UC Irvine professor of political science] noted earlier this year, that shift seemingly aligns with the “thermostatic model” of public opinion, in which “the public’s policy attitudes shift against the current president’s policies in response to real or perceived changes in the status quo … with their opinions moving to the left under Trump and back to the right under (Joe) Biden.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/17/politics/mass-deportation-trump-polling/index.html.
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