Deport Undocumented Immigrants Immediately (October 2019)

Deport Undocumented Immigrants Immediately (October 2019)

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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately"
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categoryTotal
Strongly agree29%
Somewhat agree21%
Somewhat disagree18%
Strongly disagree26%
Don't know/No opinion7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately"
    Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents . Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Strongly agree11%27%47%
Somewhat agree13%20%29%
Somewhat disagree22%20%13%
Strongly disagree47%21%5%
Don't know/No opinion6%12%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately"
    Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Strongly agree11%9%13%
Somewhat agree14%17%11%
Somewhat disagree30%18%19%
Strongly disagree41%48%51%
Don't know/No opinion4%9%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately"
    Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Strongly agree42%38%52%
Somewhat agree32%25%28%
Somewhat disagree17%22%9%
Strongly disagree6%8%3%
Don't know/No opinion2%8%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately"
    Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Strongly agree11%19%45%
Somewhat agree9%17%29%
Somewhat disagree22%20%13%
Strongly disagree53%31%7%
Don't know/No opinion3%12%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately"
    The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Strongly agree7%12%15%
Somewhat agree11%10%7%
Somewhat disagree35%22%9%
Strongly disagree43%52%67%
Don't know/No opinion4%4%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately"
    The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Strongly agree31%40%58%
Somewhat agree30%33%24%
Somewhat disagree21%17%6%
Strongly disagree16%3%6%
Don't know/No opinion3%8%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately"
    Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Strongly agree34%25%17%
Somewhat agree22%18%20%
Somewhat disagree17%17%20%
Strongly disagree22%25%36%
Don't know/No opinion5%15%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately"
    Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Strongly agree35%24%
Somewhat agree24%18%
Somewhat disagree14%21%
Strongly disagree25%26%
Don't know/No opinion2%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately"
    Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Strongly agree29%25%40%
Somewhat agree16%23%21%
Somewhat disagree20%17%16%
Strongly disagree28%27%16%
Don't know/No opinion7%7%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately"
    Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Strongly agree23%24%37%28%
Somewhat agree17%18%22%27%
Somewhat disagree26%17%12%20%
Strongly disagree30%29%24%20%
Don't know/No opinion5%12%5%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately"
    Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Strongly agree24%38%27%25%26%25%
Somewhat agree14%21%22%19%21%23%
Somewhat disagree7%14%21%28%18%12%
Strongly disagree41%19%24%22%29%36%
Don't know/No opinion14%8%6%7%7%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Strongly agree37%25%17%23%
Somewhat agree23%23%22%11%
Somewhat disagree14%22%20%18%
Strongly disagree17%23%37%43%
Don't know/No opinion9%7%4%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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categoryThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by men
Strongly agree42%25%19%
Somewhat agree23%25%13%
Somewhat disagree12%22%16%
Strongly disagree15%22%49%
Don't know/No opinion9%5%2%

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