Who Should Decide When an Officer Can Question a Person's Immigration Status (October 2017
category | Total |
---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 45% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 44% |
Don't know/no opinion | 11% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 70% | 42% | 26% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 15% | 51% | 69% |
Don't know/no opinion | 15% | 8% | 6% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 76% | 70% | 67% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 12% | 21% | 13% |
Don't know/no opinion | 12% | 9% | 20% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 17% | 39% | 22% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 78% | 53% | 75% |
Don't know/no opinion | 5% | 8% | 4% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 77% | 50% | 24% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 11% | 35% | 69% |
Don't know/no opinion | 12% | 16% | 7% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 71% | 83% | 76% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 15% | 8% | 10% |
Don't know/no opinion | 14% | 10% | 14% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 31% | 28% | 15% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 61% | 65% | 79% |
Don't know/no opinion | 9% | 7% | 6% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 73% | 31% | 18% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 14% | 64% | 80% |
Don't know/no opinion | 13% | 5% | 2% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 39% | 55% | 56% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 54% | 26% | 29% |
Don't know/no opinion | 7% | 19% | 16% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 44% | 47% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 48% | 40% |
Don't know/no opinion | 8% | 13% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 55% | 45% | 35% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 32% | 45% | 58% |
Don't know/no opinion | 14% | 10% | 7% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 62% | 47% | 44% | 35% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 29% | 38% | 45% | 59% |
Don't know/no opinion | 9% | 14% | 12% | 6% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 40% | 40% | 41% | 46% | 51% | 54% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 47% | 47% | 47% | 47% | 39% | 41% |
Don't know/no opinion | 13% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 11% | 4% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 38% | 45% | 48% | 66% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 50% | 47% | 36% | 25% |
Don't know/no opinion | 12% | 7% | 16% | 9% |
category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
---|---|---|---|
Local law enforcement agencies decide policies for their officers | 35% | 43% | 67% |
Officers should always be able to question a person’s immigration status | 53% | 47% | 26% |
Don't know/no opinion | 12% | 11% | 7% |