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Two Out of Three Republican Voters Support Immigration Reform

Some 66 percent of Republican voters support immigration reform that includes a waiting period of several years for illegal immigrants to prove themselves before being allowed to apply for citizenship.

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Immigration Reform Through the Lens of Republican Primary Voters

In the second installment of our Beyond the Ballot research series, Resurgent Republic sponsored four focus groups on immigration reform with Republican primary voters in Des Moines, Iowa, and...

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What They’re Saying: Press Coverage of Our Immigration Reform Focus Groups

Resurgent Republic released the most recent installment of our Beyond the Ballot research series. Focusing on immigration reform, we conducted four focus groups with Republican primary voters in Des...

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USA Today's Alan Gomez Highlights Resurgent Republic Immigration Focus Groups

USA Today's Alan Gomez highlights the Resurgent Republic focus groups conducted in Iowa and South Carolina on CSPAN. He cites evidence that GOP primary voters agree with immigration reform once the...

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Resurgent Republic's Response to FAIR

Instead of seeking to better understand the shifting opinions of Republican primary voters on immigration reform, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) mischaracterized Resurgent...

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Conservative groups back immigration reform

High-profile conservative groups are taking on an unexpected cause: passing immigration reform. A diverse mix of the Washington consultant class is cutting TV ads, revving up the grassroots and...

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Conditions are Key for Republican Support on Immigration Reform

With the “Gang of Eight” U.S. senators set to release their proposal, immigration reform will soon vault to the forefront of the national discussion. The imminent announcement is the next of many...

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Why Immigration Could Pass

One way to measure the chasm that Congress must bridge to complete comprehensive immigration reform after years of stalemate is to consider the cultural, economic, and demographic distance between two...

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Is GOP Support for Immigration Reform Falling?

Public support for immigration reform continues to be closely linked to the level of detail provided in survey questions. This fact is on display in this week’s CNN/ORC survey and is especially the...

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The Political Climate Halfway Through 2013

President Obama faces an increasingly difficult political climate upon his return from Africa this week. The direction of the country has soured in recent months and his job approval rating is...

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Polling Trends on the Government Shutdown

With week 2 of the partial government shutdown drawing to a close, momentum appears to be building for a short-term extension of the debt ceiling and government funding. Public polling during the last...

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A Closer Look at Self-Insured Voters and their Impact on 2014

In recent weeks, more than four million individuals and families who rely on the individual marketplace for health insurance received notices that their health insurance plans will no longer be...

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The President Who No Longer Feels Your Pain

President Obama "gets an 'A' for effort" and is "trying to fix things." He is "approachable" and "caring."

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In Response to the Washington Examiner

A Washington Examinerarticle from December 19 mischaracterizes the work of Resurgent Republic, and attributes to the conservative research organization and its co-founder Ed Gillespie statements that...

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Messages that Appeal to the Center of the Electorate in 2014

Since President Obama took office, Resurgent Republic has closely followed the opinions and intensity of Independent voters. The center of the electorate first stepped away from President Obama during...

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Early Signs of Another Republican Midterm Wave

Today we are releasing our first survey of the 2014 landscape, a cooperative endeavor conducted with Democracy Corps for NPR.

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Obama less popular than Obamacare

A new survey of likely voters finds that President Obama is now less popular than one of his most partisan accomplishments, Obamacare.

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Obamacare unpopularity hits all-time high in NPR poll

Opposition to Obamacare hit an all-time high in an NPR poll showing "early signs of a Republican wave" in the 2014 elections, even though the survey polled more Democrats than Republicans.

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NPR Poll Finds Obamacare Woes Portend GOP 'Midterm Wave'

Last week, leading Democratic pollster Celinda Lake warned her fellow Democrats to ignore the pundits advising vulnerable incumbent Democrats to embrace the Affordable Care Act.

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Can Democrats change the politics of health care?

The debate over the Affordable Care Act has entered a new stage, one that will challenge Republicans and Democrats alike. But the burden still falls more heavily on the Democrats to show that the law...

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No Perfect Political Weapon

Anyone who knows me well knows I am usually eyeing the oven for the next fresh batch of in-depth public-opinion data from Democracy Corps, a partnership between legendary Democratic strategists Stan...

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Democrats in Trouble in Senate Battleground States

This survey, the second Resurgent Republic survey in this election cycle, polled 1000 likely 2014 voters in twelve U.S. Senate battleground states, with respondents evenly distributed among the states...

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American Support for CIA Interrogation Techniques Steady Despite Senate Report

In the past week the Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey, the ABC News/Washington Post survey, and the Pew Research Center survey have all shown substantial public support for the CIA's interrogation...

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2016 and Beyond

Society is changing at unprecedented speeds, and these changes are having dramatic effects on the American political landscape. 2016 and Beyond explores public opinion on hot-button issues like...

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A Daunting Demographic Challenge for the GOP in 2016

Republicans stand a slim chance of winning the presidency in 2016—unless they nominate a transformational candidate who can broaden the GOP’s appeal. That assertion may seem incongruous after...

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