Interesting recent polls by SIGNYM

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Interesting recent polls

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018 11:04 AM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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Exclusive: Democrats lose ground with millennials - Reuters/Ipsos poll

MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - Enthusiasm for the Democratic Party is waning among millennials as its candidates head into the crucial midterm congressional elections, according to the Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll.

The online survey of more than 16,000 registered voters ages 18 to 34 shows their support for Democrats over Republicans for Congress slipped by about 9 percentage points over the past two years, to 46 percent overall. And they increasingly say the Republican Party is a better steward of the economy.

Although nearly two of three young voters polled said they do not like Republican President Donald Trump, their distaste for him does not necessarily extend to all Republicans or translate directly into votes for Democratic congressional candidates.

That presents a potential problem for Democrats who have come to count on millennials as a core constituency - and will need all the loyalty they can get to achieve a net gain of 23 seats to capture control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November.

MORE AT https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-millennials/exclusive-
democrats-lose-ground-with-millennials-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1I10YH

Of course, millenials are notorious for now showing up at elections, so ....

ALSO

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California opposes sanctuary cities, Berkeley poll suggests
March 28, 2017

Californians are overwhelmingly opposed to sanctuary city immigration policies, according to a poll commissioned by UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies (IGS). As a caveat, the director of IGS notes 99.5 percent of participants in the poll were citizens, and the survey was only conducted in English.

Between Aug. 11 and Aug. 26, Survey Sampling International conducted the poll on behalf of UC Berkeley, sampling 1,098 respondents. Of those polled, 74 percent said local authorities should not be allowed to ignore federal detainer requests. The other 26 percent supported the sanctuary city policy of preventing local police and sheriff’s officials from honoring immigration holds.

The poll results indicate Californians across the political spectrum and among all major ethnic groups oppose sanctuary city policies. The policy of ignoring federal detainer requests was opposed by 73 percent of Democrats, 82 percent of Republicans and 71 percent of independents, according to UC Berkley.

Additionally, 65 percent of Latinos, 75 percent of Asian and African Americans and 80 percent of whites opposed sanctuary city policies.

https://calcoastnews.com/2017/03/california-opposes-sanctuary-cities-b
erkeley-poll-suggests/

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Most California voters think illegal immigration is a problem, but don't see mass deportation as the answer

Almost two-thirds of California voters believe that illegal immigration is a major problem in the state, but by even larger majorities they reject the idea of mass deportations and favor allowing those currently living in the country without authorization to stay and apply for citizenship.

The latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times statewide poll found that 62% of voters said they believed illegal immigration in California is at least a major problem, with 23% calling it a crisis. By contrast, 36% said the issue was a small problem or not a problem at all.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-latimes-immigration-californ
ia-primary-poll-20160331-story.html

A comment on the last two polls ... it's easy for people in some states to wring their hands over illegal immigrants, but here in California, where we have to LIVE with the problem of (basically) unrestricted immigration, the downside becomes readily apparent.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018 11:38 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
As a caveat, the director of IGS notes 99.5 percent of participants in the poll were citizens, and the survey was only conducted in English.

It's a good thing that they let us know this.

So the numbers would actually be slightly higher against if we only polled people who should actually have a say in it. I can't even imagine why they'd poll .5% people who weren't legal citizens in the first place.

Given the massive amount of illegals living in California, it seems too small a percentage to just throw in there for "safety's sake" just in case they made a few mistakes. I would assume a number of 97 to 98% would be more accurate if you were just trying to hedge your bets.

At the same time, .5% is so meaningless a number that it would in no way really impact the overall results, so it doesn't seem to have been done on purpose either.

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A comment on the last two polls ... it's easy for people in some states to wring their hands over illegal immigrants, but here in California, where we have to LIVE with the problem of (basically) unrestricted immigration, the downside becomes readily apparent.

Yeah... That's quite a dilemma there in California. The state who's national motto should be "SJW Capitol of the World".

I'd imagine it's pretty hard to go about your daily life pushing your morals on everyone else in the world when the real world effects of those same morals start negatively impacting your own life.

What I think would be interesting to see is how many of the people who voted against illegal immigration in these polls (in secret) went right back to supporting them on Facebook where they were virtue signalling in the open. My guess, especially among the Democrats polled here, is that this would be a pretty high number of them.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018 2:34 PM