FAU Poll Finds Floridians Support Dreamers, Split on Building Wall Along Border with Mexico

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President Trump has watched his job approval drop throughout 2017 in Florida but this survey finds improvement for the President with a current 41% approval and 44% disapproval.  However when asked if the President should be impeached 39% said he should be while 45% said he should not, 16% of registered voters were undecided.

 

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The survey looked primarily at immigration policies and found 58% support permanent legal status for the children who were brought illegally to the U.S. with 26% opposed. Voters also were in support of extending the Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, Salvadorans, Nicaraguans and Hondurans who were granted temporary rights to live and work in the U.S. after a series of calamities had happened in their countries by a margin of 15 points (47% support and 32% opposed).

Voters are split as to whether a wall should be built along the U.S. and Mexico border with 43% support and 45% opposing. Furthermore, voters are split about compromising on a wall in exchange for permanent legal status for Dreamers at 37% support and 39% opposed.

 

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Regarding drilling off the coast of Florida, voters are opposed 2:1 with 52% in opposition and 26% support.

Voters support Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel 44% to 31% with 26% undecided. 

Looking ahead to 2018 voters are split on a generic congressional ballot test with Democrats leading 42% to 41%. There is also no clear favorite in the Governor’s race. John Morgan leads the field with 13% of the vote, Adam Putnam at 10% and Gwen Davis rounds out the top three at 9%. 44% of voters were undecided.

 

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In a hypothetical U.S. Senate matchup, Governor Rick Scott leads incumbent Senator Bill Nelson 44% to 34% with 22% undecided. This is a 12 point shift from August 2017 when Nelson led Scott 42% to 40%. Scott has seen his name recognition improve from 49% favorable and 39% unfavorable in November 2017 to 52% favorable and 34% unfavorable. Nelson has seen his name recognition move in the other direction from a 45% favorable and 22% unfavorable opinion in November to a 40% favorable and 27% unfavorable opinion.

Voters are split for 2018 in a generic congressional ballot test with Democrats leading 42% to 41%. There is also no clear favorite in the Governor’s race. John Morgan leads the field with 13% of the vote, Adam Putnam at 10% and Gwen Davis rounds out the top three at 9%. 44% of voters were undecided.

Methodology

This survey was conducted using an online sample supplied by Survey Sampling International (n=375) and via an automated telephone platform (IVR) using registered voter lists supplied by Aristotle, Inc. (n=375). There were 750 respondents sampled between February 1-4, 2018 with a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of 3.7 percentage points. Responses for the entire sample were weighted to reflect the statewide distribution of the Florida voting population.

 

 

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