New Yorkers Sour on Immigration
And It's Hurting Democrats
The migrant crisis can potentially break the Democrat Party in traditional strongholds. As cities, states, and municipalities thousands of miles away from the border learn for the first time about the cost of open borders, they’re increasingly turning against it and the Democrat Party for endorsing it.
A poll of New Yorkers taken by Siena College shows how extreme the migrant crisis has changed voters.
When asked if they viewed “the recent influx of migrants” into New York, an astonishing 82 percent of New Yorkers said it was either a very (54 percent) or somewhat serious problem (28 percent). This includes:
77 percent of Democrats, 89 percent of Republicans, and 84 percent of Independents.
86 percent of residents of NYC, 82 percent of those who live in the suburbs, and 76 percent of New Yorkers who live upstate.
83 percent of white, 80 percent of black, and 74 percent of Hispanic New Yorkers.
When asked if New York should work to assimilate new migrants or “work to slow the flow of migrants to New York,” only 36 percent said work to assimilate new migrants, while 58 percent chose the more restrictive approach. Here are the numbers in the crosstabs of who wants to slow the number of migrants coming to New York:
48 percent of Democrats, 79 percent of Republicans, and 60 percent of Independents.
58 percent of residents of NYC, 64 percent of suburbanites, and 53 percent of New Yorkers that live upstate.
58 percent of white, 61 percent of black, and 52 percent of Hispanic New Yorkers.