July 7, 2015

GEORGIA IMMIGRATION POLL THAT REPUBLICANS IGNORE: Registered voters in Georgia overwhelmingly oppose amnesty when asked about immigration’s impact on American jobs, according to a recent poll

Posted by D.A. King at 8:17 pm - Email the author   Print This Post Print This Post  

“The poll also showed lopsided support for a pending state bill that prevent illegals in Georgia from getting drivers’ licenses.”

See the poll questions and responses HERE.

From the Daily Caller:

“Registered voters in Georgia overwhelmingly oppose amnesty when asked about immigration’s impact on American jobs, according to a new poll.

Ninety percent of Republicans and 70 percent of Democrats said that Americans “should get the future jobs in Georgia” prior to the hiring of foreign workers.

Only 5.3 percent of Republicans say jobs should go to the cheapest workers, either Americans or foreign. This compares to 12.8 percent of Democrats and 16.2 percent of independents who say the same.

Those answers contradict the conventional media portrayal of GOP voters as anti-worker, and highlight the growing GOP focus on the lower-income workers who strongly oppose wage-cutting immigration. That populist trend helped businessman David Purdue win his Senate seat in 2014, despite his conflict with the state’s Chamber of Commerce.

“We asked clear, straightforward questions on the topic of jobs, immigration and enforcement,” said D.A. King, founder of the society, in a statement.

The answers showed “the majority of Georgians comprehend the connection of employment and wages to the importation of large numbers of foreign workers and incrementally deferring to legally dubious [November] executive amnesty decrees from Barack Obama,” King said.

The poll also showed lopsided support for a pending state bill that prevent illegals in Georgia from getting drivers’ licenses…” More HERE.