Border security should be priority if GOP wins Congress, White House: Poll

Nearly one-third of voters believe that if Republicans were to win the White House and both chambers of Congress in the upcoming election, securing the border and preventing illegal immigration should be a priority.

A new News Nation/Decision Desk HQ News poll found that 32 percent of respondents think Republicans should prioritize immigration if the GOP wins next year. Trailing slightly behind, 30 percent of respondents believe Republicans should prioritize spending to combat inflation if they were to win.

The survey found that among Republican voters, support for increased attention at the U.S.-Mexico border is even stronger. Fifty-two percent of Republican respondents said the border should be a top priority for GOP lawmakers after the election.

According to the survey, voters aren’t entirely sure that building a wall along the southern border would solve the country’s border security issues. If Republicans “win a federal trifecta” next year, only 25 percent of respondents, regardless of party, said building a wall would help.

About half, 53 percent, of the survey’s respondents say they support the federal government increasing funding to state and local governments to address migrant-related problems.

The results showed that more Democrat voters support this funding compared to Republicans. Seventy-three percent of Democratic respondents support the federal government providing state and local governments with migrant-related funding, compared to 38 percent of Republican respondents.

Similarly, the poll found that Republicans and Democrats differ over government spending in general. A majority of respondents, both on the left and right, believe government spending is out of control.

“A 55% majority of respondents believe government spending is out of control and Congress must act to bring it down, even if that involves shutting down the government,” the survey said.

Seventy percent of Republicans said they support shutting down the government to lower federal spending, compared to 39 percent of Democrats who said the same.

The survey was conducted among 3,200 registered voters from Nov. 26 to 27 and has a margin of error of two percentage points.