Summary
A PRRI poll revealed 46% of Republican voters support using the U.S. military to detain undocumented immigrants in camps, a prospect pollster Robert P. Jones found alarming to survey.
While three-quarters of Americans oppose such measures, Jones expressed concern about the normalization of these discussions during the Trump era.
Axios highlighted Trump’s past remarks endorsing military action against undocumented immigrants and political opponents, raising fears about his potential policies in the 2024 election.
The data underscores growing divides over immigration enforcement and the use of military power domestically.
Public Religion Research Institute shows that 46 percent of Republican voters support using the United States military to round up immigrants and put them into camps.
At the same time, Jones expressed cautious optimism given that overall support for using the military to round up immigrants remains low for the time being.
Is 46% considered low? I mean anything above 0% is fucking monstrous.
46% of republicans, but close to 0% of non-republicans, so it’s less than 46% overall support. But obviously one person in support is one too many.
I always use the thirds rule, roughly a third of all voters are head in the sand Republicans. This is the MAGA crowd. Any time I see a survey about US politics, I look for anything beyond 33% to see what the “regular” Republicans represent. In this case, about 13% of regular Republicans would support the measure.
When I see polls like this gain ground beyond that third, that’s when I know the MAGA message is starting to seep into the “regular” voter.
0% of anything is more often than not an indication of bad polling versus actual public opinion, but the poll shows that three-quarters of Americans don’t support the idea. The 46% refers to Trump supporters specifically. A group within a group, and honestly is lower than I’d figure for Trumpists
It actually says 46% of republican voters, but I do get your point.
They also say 75% oppose it over all. That’s all political identifications. The 46% number is Republicans only and likely the highest support number in the study. Another Headline would be Majority of Republicans Do Not Believe in Using Military for Law Enforcement.
SLIM Majority of Republicans Do Not Believe in Using Military for Law Enforcement.
There. So slim.
The point was to show the flaw in the thinking, not create a good faith headline.
I thought it’d be higher tbh
That’s the danger: We already expect it to be higher and will sit back if it creeps up. All the while saying, “Yeah, that checks out.”
Just like Germany back in '33-'45. And it’s PoC instead of Jews.
It was also PoC back then also, just very low on the priority list.
Wizard of Oz had a hard time casting for the Lollipop Guild because all of the lollipop deaths.
Robert P. Jones, president and founder of PRRI, told Axios that he felt uneasy about simply having to survey voters about their support for rounding up immigrants and putting them into military-run camps in the first place.
That pretty much sums up modern America, right? “I can’t believe I’m asking this” must be the mantra for reporters these days
Republicans love using force.
Cruelty is the point.
Question about the numbers generated. As i understand it, ~50% of republican voters were in favour of the measure where republicans make up one third of the population. So this means 15% of the US population is in favour of the measure? Is that right?
Oh, it’s not The Onion.
Yeah, There have been many many warnings about this over the years but people don’t seem to want to listen. Politicians just want to campaign and there’s no room for the designated loser in a campaign. Nobody in power is trying to protect them anymore.
Well good thing they want to shut down Guantanamo then! /s
Half of America are incapable of evolving their morals. Shocker.
