Views on Amount of Legal Immigration (April 2022)

Views on Amount of Legal Immigration (April 2022)

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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?"
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Too many40%
Too few19%
About the right amount26%
Don’t know/No opinion15%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Too many16%45%61%
Too few33%17%8%
About the right amount33%21%22%
Don’t know/No opinion18%18%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Too many11%21%15%
Too few42%26%33%
About the right amount32%27%37%
Don’t know/No opinion14%26%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Too many52%56%68%
Too few11%11%5%
About the right amount24%22%21%
Don’t know/No opinion12%12%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Too many15%32%60%
Too few41%14%8%
About the right amount29%28%24%
Don’t know/No opinion16%25%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Too many13%19%11%
Too few32%31%59%
About the right amount40%30%20%
Don’t know/No opinion15%21%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Too many49%61%67%
Too few11%8%5%
About the right amount37%22%19%
Don’t know/No opinion4%9%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Too many44%29%35%
Too few18%18%22%
About the right amount25%26%30%
Don’t know/No opinion13%27%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Too many42%38%
Too few19%18%
About the right amount28%25%
Don’t know/No opinion10%18%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Too many36%40%48%
Too few20%19%16%
About the right amount29%28%21%
Don’t know/No opinion15%14%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Too many30%38%44%42%
Too few26%24%16%13%
About the right amount24%24%25%32%
Don’t know/No opinion20%14%14%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Too many60%43%40%43%39%28%
Too few9%14%21%16%22%24%
About the right amount23%26%21%29%26%37%
Don’t know/No opinion8%18%17%12%12%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Too many50%42%28%25%
Too few10%20%24%32%
About the right amount27%24%31%27%
Don’t know/No opinion13%14%18%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about legal immigration, do you think the United States allows too many people to immigrate here from other countries, too few, or about the right amount?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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CategoryThe Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God.Don't know.
Too many55%41%25%27%
Too few6%15%37%21%
About the right amount24%31%24%19%
Don’t know/No opinion14%12%14%33%

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