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Nearly Two-Thirds See ‘Invasion’ at U.S.-Mexico Border - Demographics

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National Survey of 1,044 U.S. Likely Voters
Conducted January 2-4, 2024 by Rasmussen Reports
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Income Education Employment Biden Approval Is border security a vital national security interest for the United States these days? Is the current situation with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border a crisis? How accurate is it to describe the current situation with migrants at the border with Mexico as an “invasion” of the United States?
LV's Male Female 18-39 40-64 65+ White Black Other Democrat Republican Other Conservative Moderate Liberal Not sure Under $30,000 $30,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $100,000 $100,000 - $200,000 More than $200,000 Not sure Attended high school, but did not graduate High school graduate Attended college, but did not complete College graduate Graduate school Not sure Gov't Entrepreneur Private Co. Retired Other Strongly approve Somewhat approve Somewhat disapprove Strongly disapprove Not sure Yes No Not sure Yes No Not sure Very accurate Somewhat accurate Not very accurate Not at all accurate Not sure
Is border security a vital national security interest for the United States these days? Yes 70% 73% 68% 71% 72% 65% 69% 64% 79% 63% 77% 72% 80% 69% 56% 37% 66% 67% 71% 77% 70% 68% 81% 69% 67% 75% 67% 14% 78% 80% 65% 66% 74% 62% 51% 62% 84% 51% 100% 0% 0% 82% 41% 36% 85% 79% 49% 42% 41%
No 17% 16% 19% 21% 16% 15% 19% 21% 10% 23% 11% 17% 11% 17% 30% 23% 15% 21% 17% 15% 22% 11% 6% 15% 21% 14% 21% 73% 16% 11% 24% 15% 11% 25% 28% 23% 8% 15% 0% 100% 0% 9% 48% 22% 8% 10% 29% 43% 12%
Not sure 13% 12% 14% 8% 12% 20% 13% 15% 11% 14% 12% 12% 9% 14% 14% 40% 18% 12% 12% 7% 8% 22% 13% 16% 12% 12% 11% 13% 6% 9% 10% 19% 14% 13% 21% 15% 8% 35% 0% 0% 100% 10% 12% 42% 6% 11% 22% 15% 47%
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Income Education Employment Biden Approval Is border security a vital national security interest for the United States these days? Is the current situation with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border a crisis? How accurate is it to describe the current situation with migrants at the border with Mexico as an “invasion” of the United States?
LV's Male Female 18-39 40-64 65+ White Black Other Democrat Republican Other Conservative Moderate Liberal Not sure Under $30,000 $30,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $100,000 $100,000 - $200,000 More than $200,000 Not sure Attended high school, but did not graduate High school graduate Attended college, but did not complete College graduate Graduate school Not sure Gov't Entrepreneur Private Co. Retired Other Strongly approve Somewhat approve Somewhat disapprove Strongly disapprove Not sure Yes No Not sure Yes No Not sure Very accurate Somewhat accurate Not very accurate Not at all accurate Not sure
Is the current situation with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border a crisis? Yes 72% 72% 73% 67% 75% 75% 72% 74% 74% 60% 84% 74% 88% 67% 51% 64% 80% 69% 73% 71% 65% 70% 90% 79% 70% 73% 67% 28% 64% 72% 68% 80% 77% 47% 57% 56% 95% 60% 85% 36% 55% 100% 0% 0% 95% 84% 41% 32% 43%
No 20% 22% 17% 25% 19% 15% 21% 17% 18% 30% 12% 16% 10% 22% 37% 1% 12% 23% 19% 24% 29% 12% 7% 17% 19% 19% 25% 38% 29% 21% 24% 13% 13% 42% 29% 28% 3% 15% 11% 54% 18% 0% 100% 0% 5% 12% 36% 58% 6%
Not sure 8% 6% 10% 9% 6% 11% 8% 9% 8% 10% 3% 10% 2% 11% 12% 35% 8% 7% 8% 5% 6% 17% 3% 4% 11% 8% 8% 34% 7% 7% 8% 8% 10% 11% 14% 16% 2% 25% 4% 10% 26% 0% 0% 100% 0% 4% 22% 10% 51%
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Income Education Employment Biden Approval Is border security a vital national security interest for the United States these days? Is the current situation with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border a crisis? How accurate is it to describe the current situation with migrants at the border with Mexico as an “invasion” of the United States?
LV's Male Female 18-39 40-64 65+ White Black Other Democrat Republican Other Conservative Moderate Liberal Not sure Under $30,000 $30,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $100,000 $100,000 - $200,000 More than $200,000 Not sure Attended high school, but did not graduate High school graduate Attended college, but did not complete College graduate Graduate school Not sure Gov't Entrepreneur Private Co. Retired Other Strongly approve Somewhat approve Somewhat disapprove Strongly disapprove Not sure Yes No Not sure Yes No Not sure Very accurate Somewhat accurate Not very accurate Not at all accurate Not sure
How accurate is it to describe the current situation with migrants at the border with Mexico as an “invasion” of the United States? Very accurate 43% 43% 43% 32% 46% 49% 44% 33% 42% 28% 61% 40% 65% 30% 15% 31% 52% 47% 39% 37% 26% 50% 55% 47% 46% 41% 36% 15% 44% 41% 36% 53% 36% 18% 9% 17% 74% 28% 52% 20% 22% 56% 10% 1% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Somewhat accurate 22% 25% 20% 38% 17% 12% 16% 41% 31% 27% 19% 20% 22% 30% 12% 24% 19% 21% 23% 26% 30% 17% 8% 28% 20% 23% 22% 13% 21% 20% 27% 12% 42% 18% 37% 37% 16% 25% 25% 13% 19% 26% 14% 11% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0%
Not very accurate 16% 14% 18% 15% 16% 20% 18% 15% 11% 20% 9% 21% 6% 24% 28% 7% 13% 11% 24% 14% 13% 14% 10% 13% 19% 17% 17% 6% 17% 20% 15% 20% 5% 26% 34% 24% 3% 0% 11% 27% 28% 9% 30% 46% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0%
Not at all accurate 15% 16% 15% 12% 17% 15% 18% 8% 11% 23% 7% 14% 5% 12% 42% 1% 10% 17% 12% 21% 31% 5% 26% 9% 10% 16% 22% 31% 17% 18% 17% 12% 11% 36% 16% 15% 4% 27% 9% 37% 18% 7% 45% 20% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0%
Not sure 3% 2% 4% 3% 4% 3% 4% 2% 4% 2% 4% 5% 2% 3% 3% 37% 5% 3% 2% 2% 0% 14% 2% 3% 5% 2% 4% 34% 1% 2% 4% 3% 6% 2% 4% 8% 2% 20% 2% 3% 13% 2% 1% 23% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100%
Survey Demographics
  Total
LV's
Gender Male 48%
Female 52%
  Total
LV's
Age 18-39 30%
40-64 47%
65+ 23%
  Total
LV's
Race White 67%
Black 13%
Other 20%
  Total
LV's
Party Democrat 36%
Republican 33%
Other 31%