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1 in 3 fears immigrants influence U.S. elections: AP-NORC poll
PHOENIX (AP) — With anti-
immigrant rhetoric bub-
bling over in the leadup to
this year's critical midterm
elections, about 1 in 3 U.S.
adults believes an effort is
underway to replace U.S.-
born Americans with immi-
grants for electoral gains.
About 3 in 10 also worry
that more immigration is
causing U.S.-born Ameri-
cans to lose their econom-
ic, political and cultural
influence, according to
a poll by The Associated
Press-NORC Center for
Public Affairs Research. Re-
publicans are more likely
than Democrats to fear a
loss of influence because
of immigration, 36% to 27%.
Those views mirror swelling
anti-immigrant sentiment
espoused on social media
and cable TV, with con-
servative commentators
like Tucker Carlson exploit-
ing fears that new arrivals
could undermine the na- A migrant waits of the Mexican side of the border after United States Customs and Border Protection officers detained a couple of
tive-born population. migrants crossing the US-Mexico border on the beach, in Tijuana, Mexico, Jan. 26, 2022.
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