54% of Likely Voters believe importing refugees from terrorist havens makes America less safe-Rasmussen poll, Feb. 12-13, 2017, 1000 Likely Voters

Likely voter sample: R 33%, D 37%, Other 30%. Race: 71% white, 12% black, 17% other 

2/15/17, "Most See Increased Danger from New Middle Eastern Refugees," Rasmussen Reports

"While President Trump’s refugee freeze is tied up in the courts, the State Department has sped up acceptance of newcomers from the Middle Eastern terrorist havens targeted by the freeze. Most voters think that’s making America less safe.

 A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 54% of Likely U.S. Voters believe increasing the number of refugees from Syria, Iraq and other suspect Middle Eastern and African countries poses an increased national security risk to the United States. Thirty-three percent (33%) disagree, while 12% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.) 

The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on February 12-13, 2017 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology."

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Following from Crosstabs (subscription): 

Agree: US taking in refugees from terror countries under current rules is dangerous for us:

Age group

18-39: 61% Yes
40-64: 49% Yes 
65+: 55%

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Affilliation

Republican 77%
Democrat 35%
Other 52%

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Conservative 79%
Moderate 50%
Liberal 23%

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Income

Under $30,000 51%
$30-$50,000 57%
$50-$100,00 52%
$200,000+ 44%

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Education

Not HS graduate 56%
High School graduate 65%
Some college 59%
College grad. 56%
Post grad. 44%
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Among those who agree that US taking in refugees from terror countries under current rules is dangerous for us:

"Trump approval"

Strongly approve 96%
Somewhat approve 81%
Somewhat disapprove 28%
Strongly disapprove 11%

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Among those who agree that US taking in refugees from terror countries under current rules is dangerous for us: 

"How serious a threat is radical Islamic terrorism to the United States?"

Very serious 81%
Somewhat serious 34%
Not very serious 8%
Not at all serious O%

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Among those who agree that US taking in refugees from terror countries under current rules is dangerous for us:

"Does increasing the number of refugees from these countries pose an increased national security risk to the United States?"

Yes: 100%
No: O%







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