Quite the turnaround…
According to CNN data analyst Harry Enten, Americans overwhelmingly agree with Donald Trump and the GOP when it comes to immigration — Democrats no longer hold the advantage on the issue.
Trump’s first week in office was a whirlwind of ICE raids, arrests, and deportations of dangerous criminal migrants in major cities all across the country.
“I just want to note how different things are from where we were when Donald Trump first took office and how much more the American people are on the side of Republicans than they were eight years ago. So, ‘trust which party more on immigration,’ you go back to April of 2017, look at this,” Enten said Monday morning. “The Democrats held an 11-point advantage over Republicans. So Americans were not liking what Donald Trump and the Republican Party was doing back at the beginning of his first term. Look at where they are now though. Poll out just in the last week after Donald Trump took office, which party you trust more on immigration.”
“Look at the margin Republicans are putting up here! A 22-point lead over Democrats,” he continued. “You rarely see issues in which the American people side so much with one party over the other, but on the main issue that Donald Trump has been pumping up and Republicans have been pumping up since the beginning of his term that began just one week ago, Republicans lead overwhelmingly on this. It’s not just unusual for right now. It’s just so much different than where we were eight years ago. It just gives the Republicans a lot more leverage.”
Enten also highlighted that more Americans feel the country is “on the right track” under Trump.
“The bottom line is this: Many more Americans are saying that the country is on the right track right now,” he said. “They’re liking a lot more of what we’re doing on immigration than just a month ago in the Joe Biden Administration. They’re liking a lot more what Republicans and what Donald Trump are doing than what they thought of what Joe Biden and the Democrats were doing.”
Watch the clip below:
The GOP has turned a 11 pt deficit on who Americans trust on immigration in Trump's first term at roughly this point into a 22 point lead right now.
Moreover, the percentage who say we're on the right track on immigration is up 23 points under Trump than it was under Biden. pic.twitter.com/FEaN41kozD
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) January 27, 2025
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