When specific provisions are asked about, that support rises even more:
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 33% of voters are opposed to enactment of that kind of law. Another 12% are not sure.
When asked specifically about the chief provision of the Arizona law, support is even higher. Sixty-nine percent (69%) of voters believe a police officer should be required to check the immigration status of anyone stopped for a traffic violation or violation of some other law if he suspects the person might be an illegal immigrant.
Just 23% say police officers should not be required to do this.
Emphasis mine.
In Arizona support for the law and the Governor that signed it into law, Jan Brewer, is soaring higher than ever, as previously posted, with 71 percent of voters in the state favoring the law and only 24 percent opposing it.
Previous polling on the same topic shows the pattern of support continuing to rise at a rapid rate.
In late April, the law was supported by 64% of the state’s voters and opposed by 30%
Brewer enjoys a 19 point gain from previous polling with voters specifically stating this law will directly affect how they vote in the upcoming elections.
Unchanged from late April is the view of 87% that the new immigration law is at least somewhat important in terms of how they will vote in the next election. That includes 63% who say it’s Very Important.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, following her signing and passionate defense of the new law, now claims 45% of the vote in the state’s Republican Primary field. That’s a 19-point gain from a month ago and puts her well ahead of all her challengers.
AZ Primary polling numbers are even more impressive for Brewer and again, when compared to previous figures, shows a pattern she must be very happy with.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, following her signing and passionate defense of the state’s new immigration law, now claims 45% of the vote in the state’s Republican Primary field. That’s a 19-point gain from a month ago and puts her well ahead of all her challengers.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely GOP Primary Voters in Arizona shows State Treasurer Dean Martin and businessman Buz Mills each attracting 18% support. Former state Republican Party Chairman John Munger trails with three percent (3%). Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, and 13% are undecided.
Just last month, Brewer held a modest lead with 26% of the primary vote, followed by Mills at 18%, Munger at 14% and Martin with 12%. Twenty-four percent (24%) were undecided.
In March, Brewer, Martin and Mills were in a three-way tie, each attracting about 20% of GOP voters.
Next will be to see how Brewer fares against the likely Democratic challenger, but preliminary polling already favors Brewer and it will be interesting to see if her 8 point lead rises and by how much.
Rasmussen Reports will release the latest numbers pitting the Republican hopefuls against likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry Goddard tomorrow. One week after signing the immigration law which Goddard opposes, Brewer posted a 48% to 40% lead over the Democrat.
Opponents of AZ's immigration laws may be loud and in the news and the President might have the bully pulpit to continue criticizing it publicly, but none of that has managed to drain support from an overwhelming majority around the country, in fact, the reverse seems to be happening... the more they scream, the harder Obama pushes publicly, the more the public becomes aware of the law and the larger the support becomes.
Perhaps Obama should learn when to keep his trap shut because all people are seeing every time he opens his mouth on this issue, is how he is refusing to enforce the laws of the country and how states are being forced to do it for him.
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