Believe it or not, US attitudes about immigration (esp legal immigration) are far more positive than the UK. 1/pic.twitter.com/j6JFU2U3CM
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And Americans are broadly positive about the effects of immigration (73% "on the whole, a good thing", 72% for non-hispanic whites) 3/3
perhaps one lesson from yesterday is to be suspicious of the quality of these sort of polls.
not quite. Look closely. The UK has had anti-immigrant polls for years. Matches the brexit result!
(when I say negative, I mean wants a reduction in immigration rather than "the same" or "an increase")
The US is very large, and there is freedom of movement between state (some states are not dissimilar to greece)
if not surprising, perhaps a reason the US may fare better re: Trump than Britain fared re: Brexit :)
Also monarchies seem ridiculous in the US. Less so in Europe.
.@bonovociferous The diff between the US an EU preamble is stark. "We the people" vs. "His majesty the king..."pic.twitter.com/9mwjO5yz6i
reading the EU constitution makes me want to scream "WE ALREADY MADE THAT MISTAKE IN THE 1780s" repeatedly
"immigrant" in the UK has an entirely different set of connotations. This isn't surprising, but it's also not apples to apples.
the interesting surveys in the US ask about "legal" and "illegal" immigrants, which makes it more apples to apples
Democrats in the US have helped keep the focus off of legal immigrants and children of immigrants 1/
making "illegal immigrant" a slur for many people (vs. "undocumented"), talking about "Dreamers" and pushing to help them 2/2
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