| National Opinion Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted April 29-30, 2006 by Rasmussen Reports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Party | Ideology | Generic Congressional Ballot | Importance of Immigration When Voting | Follow News About Protests | Control Borders and Enforce Laws Before More Reform | All Welcome Except Security Threats, Criminals, Welfare | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Republican | Democrat | Other | Not Sure | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Very Important | Not at All Important | Not Sure | Very Closely | Somewhat Closely | Not Very Closely | Not at All | Not Sure | Agree | Disagree | Not Sure | Agree | Disagree | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Generic Congressional Ballot | Republican | 36% | 71% | 11% | 25% | 61% | 24% | 12% | 30% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 45% | 28% | 22% | 18% | 10% | 41% | 35% | 26% | 7% | 4% | 39% | 29% | 29% | 36% | 41% | 26% | 40% | 32% | 39% | 34% | 40% | 32% | 38% | 39% | 30% | 39% | 34% | 26% | 31% | 39% | 36% | 39% | 38% | 46% | 31% | 45% | 35% | 33% | 34% | 53% | 32% | 38% | 27% |
| Democrat | 46% | 15% | 78% | 40% | 20% | 55% | 75% | 32% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 49% | 57% | 71% | 46% | 46% | 45% | 49% | 37% | 23% | 42% | 56% | 47% | 45% | 46% | 45% | 45% | 46% | 41% | 46% | 40% | 48% | 48% | 43% | 50% | 42% | 47% | 51% | 48% | 45% | 45% | 44% | 49% | 31% | 44% | 40% | 46% | 50% | 42% | 29% | 48% | 46% | 53% | |
| Other | 5% | 5% | 2% | 10% | 5% | 7% | 2% | 12% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 0% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 7% | |
| Not Sure | 14% | 8% | 9% | 26% | 14% | 14% | 11% | 26% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 11% | 16% | 16% | 11% | 40% | 8% | 14% | 21% | 56% | 73% | 12% | 11% | 22% | 12% | 9% | 24% | 9% | 17% | 11% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 8% | 14% | 13% | 15% | 13% | 15% | 15% | 11% | 13% | 15% | 10% | 22% | 22% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 16% | 15% | 13% | 12% | 14% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Generic Congressional Ballot | Importance of Immigration When Voting | Follow News About Protests | Control Borders and Enforce Laws Before More Reform | All Welcome Except Security Threats, Criminals, Welfare | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Republican | Democrat | Other | Not Sure | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Very Important | Not at All Important | Not Sure | Very Closely | Somewhat Closely | Not Very Closely | Not at All | Not Sure | Agree | Disagree | Not Sure | Agree | Disagree | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Congressional Ballot on Immigration | More Enforcement | 49% | 58% | 43% | 46% | 61% | 47% | 35% | 28% | 61% | 38% | 55% | 51% | 67% | 34% | 16% | 11% | 29% | 57% | 47% | 32% | 63% | 18% | 56% | 40% | 28% | 47% | 63% | 34% | 54% | 44% | 49% | 50% | 50% | 48% | 48% | 50% | 47% | 49% | 49% | 51% | 49% | 57% | 47% | 49% | 41% | 35% | 50% | 52% | 49% | 48% | 43% | 51% | 49% | 51% | 46% |
| More Legal Job Opportunities | 40% | 32% | 48% | 38% | 26% | 41% | 59% | 47% | 28% | 54% | 36% | 25% | 23% | 54% | 70% | 74% | 29% | 32% | 43% | 55% | 14% | 16% | 33% | 54% | 52% | 43% | 28% | 44% | 38% | 41% | 38% | 38% | 34% | 43% | 41% | 38% | 43% | 37% | 41% | 39% | 38% | 33% | 44% | 43% | 50% | 34% | 40% | 36% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 38% | 40% | 38% | 41% | |
| Other | 12% | 11% | 10% | 15% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 25% | 12% | 8% | 9% | 23% | 10% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 42% | 11% | 10% | 14% | 19% | 66% | 11% | 6% | 20% | 9% | 9% | 23% | 8% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 15% | 9% | 11% | 13% | 10% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 13% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 31% | 10% | 13% | 10% | 11% | 16% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 13% | |
| Not Sure | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Total | Party | Ideology | Generic Congressional Ballot | Importance of Immigration When Voting | Follow News About Protests | Control Borders and Enforce Laws Before More Reform | All Welcome Except Security Threats, Criminals, Welfare | Gender | Age | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Religious Affiliation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Voters | GOP | Dem | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Republican | Democrat | Other | Not Sure | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Very Important | Not at All Important | Not Sure | Very Closely | Somewhat Closely | Not Very Closely | Not at All | Not Sure | Agree | Disagree | Not Sure | Agree | Disagree | Not Sure | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Yes | No | Yes | No | Under 20k | 20k-40k | 40k-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k+ | Not Sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Pvt Sect | Retired | Other | Evangelical | Protestant | Catholic | Other | ||
| Bush Approval | Strongly Approve | 21% | 38% | 8% | 19% | 36% | 15% | 7% | 22% | 48% | 5% | 9% | 13% | 27% | 19% | 11% | 0% | 10% | 26% | 18% | 18% | 41% | 21% | 24% | 16% | 19% | 22% | 24% | 18% | 24% | 19% | 21% | 19% | 27% | 20% | 22% | 26% | 15% | 25% | 20% | 14% | 15% | 24% | 19% | 29% | 25% | 30% | 19% | 31% | 18% | 21% | 23% | 29% | 23% | 20% | 16% |
| Somewhat Approve | 19% | 31% | 9% | 19% | 31% | 15% | 8% | 4% | 33% | 5% | 21% | 29% | 21% | 19% | 16% | 0% | 6% | 17% | 22% | 18% | 13% | 2% | 21% | 13% | 20% | 20% | 17% | 21% | 19% | 20% | 17% | 20% | 18% | 19% | 23% | 21% | 17% | 18% | 20% | 21% | 23% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 19% | 22% | 11% | 15% | 21% | 21% | 23% | 28% | 19% | 20% | 14% | |
| Somewhat Disapprove | 13% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 15% | 12% | 14% | 8% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 13% | 13% | 15% | 9% | 11% | 11% | 14% | 17% | 0% | 5% | 14% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 16% | 14% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 14% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 16% | 11% | 13% | 10% | 14% | 14% | |
| Strongly Disapprove | 45% | 18% | 69% | 47% | 20% | 55% | 73% | 47% | 9% | 77% | 47% | 32% | 39% | 49% | 57% | 91% | 60% | 45% | 46% | 45% | 45% | 59% | 41% | 61% | 46% | 45% | 45% | 45% | 45% | 45% | 47% | 44% | 41% | 50% | 40% | 41% | 52% | 44% | 46% | 50% | 46% | 45% | 49% | 39% | 49% | 33% | 56% | 40% | 49% | 41% | 42% | 29% | 46% | 44% | 54% | |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 13% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 14% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 12% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | |