Poll: 61 percent of Americans support Obama's immigration orders as long as they're not Obama's
A Reuters/Ipsos poll taken just after the Supreme Court announced it would hear a GOP-led challenge to President Obama's immigration orders showed strong support for the measures ... until Obama entered conversation.
The poll shows 61 percent of Americans support the plan to relax immigration policy for some undocumented people when it is described in general terms without using Obama's name, including 42 percent of Republicans. Half of Republicans opposed the idea.
But when the same plan was described as being an executive action taken by Obama, support fell to 54 percent overall, with only 31 percent of Republicans supporting it and 62 percent opposing the measures.
Democrats only had a two-point discrepancy—with 78 percent supporting the general idea and 80 percent backing it after Obama entered the picture.
The GOP thinking must go something like this: Surely if it's Obama's idea, it must be bad even though I thought it sounded pretty reasonable.
Or worse: I should check in with what other Republicans think—oh wait, no need, because Obama.
Or worser: I thought it sounded like a plot to help terrorists infiltrate the country and now I know it is for sure!
Yeah, “worser” is frowned upon. Just didn’t want to say “worst” ‘cuz we all know there’s worse ideations out there.