Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Partisan Differences on Issues

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs commissioned a nation-wide survey of attitudes toward a variety of issues, including U.S. involvement abroad, immigration, climate issues, and the management of international relations. Hat tip to RealClearWorld for the link.

The results are unsurprisingly partisan in nature. Democrats favor amnesty for illegal immigrants, while Republicans favor their deportation. Republicans are climate change skeptics while Democrats are believers.

Democrats are much less supportive of Israel than Republicans. Democrats like the U.N. and free trade more than Republicans do.

This last finding is surprising, I expect Republicans to favor free trade more. Apparently Trump understands the Republican mind better than I do.