Views on Amount of Legal Immigration (February 2018)

Views on Amount of Legal Immigration (February 2018)

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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"

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Too many42%
Too few15%
About the right amount30%
Don't know/No opinion14%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"
    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
Too many21%41%62%
Too few25%11%5%
About the right amount38%32%22%
Don't know/No opinion15%16%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"
    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
Too many18%29%19%
Too few29%19%27%
About the right amount42%34%39%
Don't know/No opinion12%17%15%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"
    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
Too many60%51%69%
Too few5%7%4%
About the right amount27%24%19%
Don't know/No opinion8%18%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"
    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
Too many15%33%61%
Too few31%8%7%
About the right amount40%37%21%
Don't know/No opinion13%22%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"
    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
Too many22%16%11%
Too few19%36%34%
About the right amount46%41%36%
Don't know/No opinion13%8%19%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"
    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
Too many49%61%69%
Too few17%6%2%
About the right amount20%23%19%
Don't know/No opinion13%10%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"
    Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Too many19%66%63%
Too few27%6%4%
About the right amount39%19%29%
Don't know/No opinion14%10%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"
    Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Too many48%32%35%
Too few14%12%15%
About the right amount27%35%33%
Don't know/No opinion11%21%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"
    Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Too many46%37%
Too few14%15%
About the right amount30%30%
Don't know/No opinion9%18%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"
    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
Too many37%41%52%
Too few18%15%8%
About the right amount32%31%25%
Don't know/No opinion13%13%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"
    Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Too many30%33%44%54%
Too few20%19%13%9%
About the right amount35%29%30%28%
Don't know/No opinion15%19%13%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"
    Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Too many39%45%44%50%40%26%
Too few12%11%10%13%16%28%
About the right amount25%27%29%28%31%38%
Don't know/No opinion24%16%17%10%12%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Too many48%42%38%25%
Too few11%12%15%28%
About the right amount26%32%33%35%
Don't know/No opinion14%15%14%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" 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
Too many51%46%26%
Too few9%11%29%
About the right amount24%33%34%
Don't know/No opinion15%10%11%

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