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7/5/17, "Most American voters support limited travel ban: poll," Reuters
"Six in ten
American voters support the new ban on people from six predominantly
Muslim countries from entering the United States unless they can show
they have a close relative here, according to opinion poll results
released on Wednesday.
The
Politico-Morning Consult poll found 37 percent of voters said they
"strongly supported" the new guidelines issued by the U.S. State
Department that would deny visas to citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria,
Somalia, Sudan and Yemen who do not have close relatives in the United
States. Another 23 percent of voters said they "somewhat support" the
guidelines.
The
poll was conducted online on Thursday and Friday (June 29 and 30) following a U.S.
Supreme Court ruling that partly upheld the ban, with 1,989 registered
voters taking part. The poll result's margin of error was two percentage
points, meaning results could vary that much either way. (Link to the
poll: politi.co/2uJLfoO) [Crosstabs: http://politi.co/2tNM1Vj]
The
Supreme Court ruled on June 26 that the temporary travel ban could
proceed so long as visa applicants with a "bona fide relationship" with a
person or entity in the United States were exempted....
The
ban with exemptions, which went into effect on Thursday, was most
strongly supported by Trump's fellow Republicans, 83 percent of whom
approved. Even among Democratic voters, only 46 percent said they were
opposed.
The Supreme Court allowed
the partial ban, which bars people from the designated six countries for
90 days and refugees from any country for 120 days, to go into effect until it can take up the case during its next term starting in October."
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