ICYMI: Polling Analysis Shows Americans Support Obama Taking Action on Immigration


In polling analysis that should embolden the Obama Administration to use their existing authority to deliver broad executive relief, the Washington Post highlights an array of recent polling that demonstrate that Americans are hungry for action on immigration. Aaron Blake of the Washington Post’s “The Fix” political blog writes:

Obama’s worst issues aren’t ones on which the American people disagree with him; they’re the ones on which Obama has failed to deliver on something on which most Americans agree with him…

…On both issues [immigration and gun control], the public is on the same page as Obama. So why in the world would these be among Obama’s very worst issues? Because he hasn’t delivered.

In each case, Obama has seen support from Democrats fall off as he has been unable to achieve his policy objectives. In fact, according to the CNN poll, 42 percent of Democrats disapprove of Obama on gun policy, along with 67 percent of independents. On immigration, 34 percent of Democrats and 67 percent of independents disapprove. The president’s approval ratings on these issues was never high, but in both cases, it trended upward as he tried to do something about them — the push for new gun restrictions last year and his 2012 executive order halting deportations for young illegal immigrants — only to fall to new lows today.

Few things could demonstrate better that, for a two-term president, being right isn’t sufficient. You need to get results.
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