Rasmussen Poll: 60 Percent of GOP Voters Say Immigration Is ‘Very Important’ in Midterms

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Seventy-two percent of likely voters say illegal immigration is a “somewhat” or “very important” issue in the 2018 midterm elections, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports.

Sixty percent of Republicans, 32 percent of Democrats and 32 percent of non-partisan voters say the issue is “very important,” while only 5 percent of Republicans and 14 percent of Democrats say the issue is “not at all important.”

However, the vast majority of voters also say politicians are insincerely posturing on the issue, according to the August 26-27 poll of 1,000 likely voters.

Rasmussen asked: “Do most politicians raise immigration issues to address real problems or to get elected?.”

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