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pampango

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Thu Feb 7, 2013, 04:29 PM Feb 2013

Poll Finds a Boost for Obama on Handling Immigration

Public approval of Barack Obama’s handling of immigration has jumped to a career high in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, buttressed by majority support for a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants and, much more broadly, endorsement of stricter border control.

While the president lacks majority approval on the issue overall, slightly more Americans now approve than disapprove of his approach, by 49 vs. 43 percent. Obama was underwater on the issue – just 38 percent approved, while 52 percent disapproved – as recently as last July.

See PDF with full results, charts and tables here.

In terms of specific policies, an overwhelming 83 percent support stricter border control, including 64 percent who are “strongly” supportive; only 15 percent are opposed. Fewer, 55 percent, also favor a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, with 41 percent opposed.

Specifically, 67 percent of Hispanics and 71 percent of nonwhites overall approve of Obama’s handling of immigration, compared with 38 percent of whites. And a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants is supported by 82 percent of Hispanics and 71 percent of all nonwhites, as well as by nearly seven in 10 Democrats and just over half of independents. It’s supported by fewer than half of whites, 47 percent; Republicans, 42 percent; and by just 37 percent of adults who describe themselves as very conservative politically.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/02/poll-finds-a-boost-for-obama-on-handling-immigration/

Good news.

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Poll Finds a Boost for Obama on Handling Immigration (Original Post) pampango Feb 2013 OP
Extremely good news. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2013 #1
And drones!! Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #2
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