More than four in ten Democrat voters say Pres. Joe Biden has “worked to systematically undermine America’s border security” – yet, more than half of them say he’s doing either a “good” or “excellent” job of handling immigration, a new Rasmussen survey reveals.
The national survey of U.S. likely voters asked respondents if they agreed or disagreed with the following statement:
"Since his first day in office, President Biden has worked to systematically undermine America’s border security. ... The result is a humanitarian and national security catastrophe"?
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of all U.S. likely voters agree that Biden has created a “humanitarian and national security crisis” by systematically working to undermine the nation’s border security, including 44% who “strongly agree” that he’s done so.
Surprisingly, fully 44% of Democrat voters at least somewhat agree that Biden has created a “humanitarian and national security crisis” by systematically working to undermine the nation’s border security, with 22% “strongly” agreeing.
Nonetheless, 53% of Democrat voters rate “the way President Biden is handling issues related to immigration” as either “good” (33%) or “excellent” (20%). And, 80% say they trust their own party more than the Republican Party to handle immigration.
Among all voters, however, 52% rate Biden’s handling of immigration “poor,” including 79% of Republicans and 63% of unaffiliated voters, while just 30% rate Biden positively. Likewise, 50% of all voters trust the Republican Party more than the Democrat Party (38%) to manage the immigration situation. Another 11% aren’t sure which party they trust more.
Unaffiliated voters favor Republicans by an even wider margin, as more than twice as many (54%) say they trust Republicans as say they trust Democrats (54%-23%). Another 23% of unaffiliated voters aren’t sure which party to trust to handle immigration.
"Since his first day in office, President Biden has worked to systematically undermine America’s border security. ... The result is a humanitarian and national security catastrophe"?
Rating
Dem
GOP
Other
All
Strongly Agree
22%
64%
48%
44%
Somewhat Agree
20%
11%
11%
14%
Somewhat Disagree
16%
6%
14%
12%
Strongly Disagree
35%
17%
21%
25%
Not Sure
7%
3%
6%
5%
“How do you rate the way President Biden is handling issues related to immigration?”
Rating
Dem
GOP
Other
All
Excellent
20%
6%
5%
11%
Good
33%
8%
13%
19%
Fair
25%
7%
15%
16%
Poor
18%
79%
63%
52%
Not Sure
4%
0%
3%
2%
“Which political party do you trust more to handle immigration?”
Rating
Dem
GOP
Other
All
Democrat
80%
7%
23%
38%
Republican
13%
88%
54%
50%
Not Sure
7%
5%
23%
11%
Rasmussen's national survey of U.S. likely voters was conducted January 15-17, 2024.