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Ensure that Police Officers Have the Right to Question Immigration Status (June 2017)

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categoryTotal
Strongly support39%
Somewhat support14%
Somewhat oppose11%
Strongly oppose31%
Don't know5%

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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Strongly support10%42%68%
Somewhat support8%13%19%
Somewhat oppose18%11%6%
Strongly oppose57%25%5%
Don't know7%8%3%

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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Strongly support6%9%12%
Somewhat support7%11%7%
Somewhat oppose24%24%11%
Strongly oppose56%46%64%
Don't know7%10%6%

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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Strongly support71%57%72%
Somewhat support13%23%21%
Somewhat oppose8%6%5%
Strongly oppose7%8%2%
Don't know1%7%1%

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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Strongly support8%26%65%
Somewhat support7%16%16%
Somewhat oppose16%20%5%
Strongly oppose63%27%11%
Don't know5%12%3%

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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Strongly support10%8%8%
Somewhat support11%8%4%
Somewhat oppose29%16%5%
Strongly oppose45%65%78%
Don't know5%4%5%

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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Strongly support43%67%76%
Somewhat support21%19%9%
Somewhat oppose12%3%2%
Strongly oppose19%7%10%
Don't know4%4%2%

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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Strongly support8%62%84%
Somewhat support8%23%12%
Somewhat oppose17%6%2%
Strongly oppose61%6%3%
Don't know6%2%0%

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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Strongly support50%16%21%
Somewhat support14%15%12%
Somewhat oppose11%17%11%
Strongly oppose22%40%48%
Don't know3%12%8%

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categoryMaleFemale
Strongly support41%37%
Somewhat support15%12%
Somewhat oppose10%13%
Strongly oppose31%31%
Don't know3%8%

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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Strongly support28%40%52%
Somewhat support10%14%17%
Somewhat oppose13%12%9%
Strongly oppose41%29%17%
Don't know7%5%6%

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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Strongly support18%29%45%53%
Somewhat support13%16%13%12%
Somewhat oppose16%12%12%7%
Strongly oppose47%33%26%24%
Don't know6%9%4%4%

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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Strongly support45%45%37%34%37%36%
Somewhat support8%14%12%14%17%11%
Somewhat oppose22%8%13%10%11%14%
Strongly oppose13%27%32%35%32%34%
Don't know11%6%6%8%4%4%

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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Strongly support50%38%32%18%
Somewhat support15%16%8%11%
Somewhat oppose8%13%15%13%
Strongly oppose21%26%39%54%
Don't know5%6%6%5%

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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
Strongly support48%47%19%
Somewhat support14%16%9%
Somewhat oppose10%11%14%
Strongly oppose22%24%54%
Don't know7%3%4%

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