While the 2024 presidential race remains extremely close, voters have consistently given former President Donald Trump their strongest support on the issue of immigration and border security. A just-released ABC News/Ipsos poll showed Trump with a 10-point lead (46%-36%) when it came to who voters trusted most to handle immigration, a higher margin than on any other issue.
That matches a Wall Street Journal poll of swing state voters which found, according to Friday’s New York Post, “on ‘who is best able to handle’ illegal immigration — which voters say is their second-top concern — respondents give the ex-prez a 16-point lead (52% to 36%).”
Even among Latino voters — a bloc that is largely supporting Vice President Kamala Harris — an NBC News/Telemundo/CNBC poll found a strong plurality (47%) favored the former President’s policies to “secure the border and…