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by dragonwriter 149 days ago
> Looking at net support is an odd way to look at the data.

Its a lot more useful as a single number to look at than either “support” or “oppose”, because those don't tell you how much of the excluded amount is on the other side versus undecided.

> Overall approval of Trump's immigration policy is floating around 50% +/- 5%

Overall immigration policy is a different and broader question, but, no, its not.

39% support, with 53% opposed; support hasn't been at or above 45% (the floor of your claimed 50% ± 5%) since the beginning of last summer.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-immigration-approval...

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Depends what polls you look at I guess?

Ipsos just ran a poll saying 66% of Americans support deporting immigrations in the country illegally. That's 7 out of every 10.

https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/majority-americans-support-depor...