Do you think that the number of migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border is a crisis? (February 2024)
category | Total |
---|---|
A crisis | 48% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 23% |
A somewhat serious problem | 18% |
Not much of a problem | 7% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A crisis | 20% | 54% | 74% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 37% | 22% | 11% |
A somewhat serious problem | 27% | 15% | 10% |
Not much of a problem | 12% | 4% | 3% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 5% | 2% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
A crisis | 17% | 19% | 21% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 45% | 36% | 35% |
A somewhat serious problem | 24% | 32% | 26% |
Not much of a problem | 14% | 9% | 14% |
Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 4% | 4% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A crisis | 84% | 64% | 74% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 9% | 16% | 10% |
A somewhat serious problem | 7% | 14% | 10% |
Not much of a problem | 1% | 2% | 4% |
Don't know/No opinion | 0% | 4% | 2% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
A crisis | 21% | 32% | 76% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 35% | 29% | 12% |
A somewhat serious problem | 30% | 23% | 7% |
Not much of a problem | 12% | 7% | 3% |
Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 9% | 2% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
A crisis | 19% | 18% | 26% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 38% | 36% | 32% |
A somewhat serious problem | 36% | 33% | 21% |
Not much of a problem | 7% | 11% | 18% |
Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
A crisis | 66% | 76% | 81% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 14% | 12% | 10% |
A somewhat serious problem | 12% | 7% | 6% |
Not much of a problem | 7% | 3% | 1% |
Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 3% | 1% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
A crisis | 56% | 24% | 42% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 19% | 34% | 26% |
A somewhat serious problem | 17% | 25% | 18% |
Not much of a problem | 6% | 9% | 9% |
Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 8% | 4% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
A crisis | 46% | 49% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 20% | 26% |
A somewhat serious problem | 21% | 16% |
Not much of a problem | 9% | 5% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 3% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
A crisis | 31% | 53% | 69% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 29% | 21% | 19% |
A somewhat serious problem | 27% | 16% | 7% |
Not much of a problem | 8% | 7% | 4% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 3% | 2% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
A crisis | 10% | 34% | 58% | 70% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 38% | 29% | 20% | 14% |
A somewhat serious problem | 35% | 22% | 12% | 13% |
Not much of a problem | 11% | 11% | 7% | 1% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 4% | 4% | 1% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A crisis | 46% | 53% | 48% | 41% | 47% | 44% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 9% | 23% | 26% | 30% | 21% | 23% |
A somewhat serious problem | 32% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 22% | 25% |
Not much of a problem | 3% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 7% |
Don't know/No opinion | 10% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 1% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
A crisis | 57% | 40% | 41% | 42% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 18% | 28% | 28% | 25% |
A somewhat serious problem | 15% | 23% | 22% | 16% |
Not much of a problem | 7% | 5% | 5% | 15% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 4% | 4% | 2% |
Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
---|---|---|---|---|
A crisis | 50% | 52% | 36% | 45% |
A very serious problem, but not a crisis | 21% | 24% | 27% | 23% |
A somewhat serious problem | 17% | 17% | 23% | 22% |
Not much of a problem | 7% | 4% | 14% | 2% |
Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 2% | 1% | 8% |