The American people have once again made it clear that the majority of voters support the construction of a wall between the United States and Mexico.
In a Fox News poll conducted between Oct. 6-9, 57% of registered voters indicated their support for the border wall. The result is an 18-point jump from the last poll taken in February and surpasses the highest point on record in May 2010, when 53% of voters agreed.
FOX NEWS POLL: A record number of voters favor building a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Do you Support or Oppose building a wall along U.S. Mexico border?
Support 57% [+18]
Oppose 40% [-11]
[Change vs Sept. 2018]
Support/Oppose
DEM: 27/68
GOP: 88/12
IND: 53/38… pic.twitter.com/5u363uuikH
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) October 11, 2023
The outlet reported that of the 1,007 registered voters nationwide nearly half of those polled described the scenario as an emergency, a major increase since 2019. Forty-eight percent of registered voters agreed on this which is a massive leap of 21-points since 2019.
Fox reported that the main demographics that are most concerned appear to be “Black voters (+27), independents (+26), Democrats (+24), Hispanic voters (+23) and men (+20),” with each of the segments now twenty percent more likely