Republicans know exactly what they're doing The twisted political logic behind Trump's attacks on Haitian immigrants. [View all]

Republicans know exactly what they’re doing

The twisted political logic behind Trump’s attacks on Haitian immigrants.

by Eric Levitz

Sep 13, 2024, 5:40 PM EDT

https://www.vox.com/politics/371894/trump-vance-haitian-immigrants-pets-springfield-ohio-polls-aidan-clark

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I suspect the ugliness is the point.

Republicans have a large advantage on the issue of immigration. In the most recent New York Times/Siena College poll of the likely electorate, voters favored Trump over Kamala Harris on immigration by a 53 to 43 percent margin. That finding is consistent with other national and battleground state polls.

Surveys of Americans’ views on immigration policy tell a similar story. In Gallup’s polling, for the first time in 20 years, a majority of Americans say they want immigration decreased, while just 16 percent say they want it increased. A recent Axios/The Harris Poll survey found a majority of voters voicing support for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants.

If voters choose to back the candidate who best represents their perspective on immigration, Trump will win in a landslide. From this, it follows that the more that voters are thinking about immigration come Election Day, the better off Trump and Vance will be.

Getting the media to focus on any given issue or storyline over others is not easy. Yet precisely because Vance’s attack on Haitian immigrants in Springfield is so incendiary, it has generated great quantities of media coverage.

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