Friday, February 8, 2013

Vague Poll Questions skew the results of polls showing support for Pathway to citizenship

A new poll shows that only 11 percent of likely voters strongly back a conditional amnesty for 11 million illegal immigrants, while 39 percent of the voters strongly favor the immigrants’ gradual return to their home countries. 
The poll of 1,000 likely voters was taken by an immigration reform group, the Center for Immigration Studies, which openly favors a reduction in the annual intake of roughly 1 million immigration. 
The poll clashes with results from other polling companies, some of which show apparently much higher support for letting illegal immigrants stay in the country.
The problem with those polls favoring amnesty/pathway are the vagueness and wording of their questions as Steven Camarota, the research director at Center for Immigration Studies points out. For example:

A Gallup poll of adults that was released Feb. 5 showed 72 percent approval among respondents when they were asked “Would you vote for a law that would allow undocumented immigrants living in the United States the chance to become legal residents or citizens if they meet certain requirements?”
But such loose questions — which includes two options, as well as a profusion of vague words, such as “undocumented,” “chance” and “certain requirements” — encourage Americans to express their normal sympathy for immigrants, said Steven Camarota, the research director at Center for Immigration Studies. 
“Once you peel that stuff back,” he told The Daily Caller, “what the public generally wants is for illegals to go home and for the law to be enforced.”
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This isn't news.

Most poll questions are designed to produce specific outcomes.

CRUZ COUNTRY said...

@ Anonymous 4:21 PM

What you said about outcome-based polls is true, but unfortunately, most people don't know that.

So, it is news, to them.

Anonymous said...

my personal surveys in lines and at the post office shows bipartisan support for illegals to return to their homelands. both sides blame the illegal immigration on the other side of the aisle. i blame the state run media for lying to america on a continual basis.

Anonymous said...

they are wrong. they are criminals for sneaking into this country in the dead of night. i don't believe their protestations.

i can understand some of them aren't. but if they are willing to break the law to get what they want, that is criminal behavior. it is up to them to change if they don't want to be criminals.

i blame those who brought them here the most. they are evil.