{"id":2216054,"date":"2024-04-08T22:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T02:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-colorado-voters-say-immigration-is-the-top-issue-as-2024-election-draws-closer\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T22:17:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T02:17:02","slug":"poll-colorado-voters-say-immigration-is-the-top-issue-as-2024-election-draws-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-colorado-voters-say-immigration-is-the-top-issue-as-2024-election-draws-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Colorado Voters Rank Immigration as Top Concern with 2024 Election Approaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-colorado-voters-say-immigration-is-the-top-issue-as-2024-election-draws-closer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2216054&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-22-of-cable-news-is-news-study\/\" title=\"Only 22% of Cable \u2018News\u2019 is News: Study\">recent poll conducted<\/a> in Colorado found that immigration is the top concern\u200d for voters \u2063ahead of the 2024 election. President Joe Biden leads over former \u2064President Donald Trump in the state. Denver has experienced a\u2064 significant influx of migrants, prompting\u2062 the city to seek help from landlords to\u200b accommodate them. The issue of immigration is \u2064gaining prominence nationally. The latest survey \u2063in Colorado reveals that immigration ranks as the\u200c primary concern leading up to the 2024 election. \u2064President Joe Biden maintains\u2064 a lead over former President Donald Trump in the state. Denver is grappling with a notable\u2062 rise in migrant numbers, leading the city to enlist landlords for assistance. Immigration is increasingly becoming a significant issue nationwide.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Colorado voters say that immigration is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-shows-drive-to-recall-gov-newsom-gained-traction-in-past-2-weeks\/\" title=\"New Poll Shows Drive To Recall Gov. Newsom Gained Traction In Past 2 Weeks\">top issue facing<\/a> the country ahead of the 2024 election, a recent poll has found.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copollinginstitute.org\/research\/march-2024-statewide-poll-coloradans-deeply-concerned-about-high-cost-of-living-in-the-state\">poll<\/a> of 632 likely voters, reported by the Colorado Polling Institute and conducted by Democratic pollster Aspect Strategic and Republican pollster New Bridge Strategy, found that 14% of voters said that immigration is the top issue that the state government should address. The issue beat homelessness at 12% and the lack of affordable housing at 11%, which respondents also provided as answers to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-i-learned-from-the-bloomberg-equality-briefing-on-driving-inclusive-transformation-in-corporate-equity\/\" title=\"What I Learned From the Bloomberg Equality Briefing on Driving Inclusive Transformation in Corporate Equity\">open-ended question<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmigration emerging as a top issue among voters in Colorado follows trends we are seeing in research nationally,\u201d Republican pollster Lori Wiegel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2024\/04\/04\/colorado-voters-poll-migrant-crisis-top-issue-immigration\/\">asserted<\/a>. President Joe Biden still holds a 10% lead over former President Donald Trump in the state, however, with 49% of respondents saying that they will vote for the Democrat incumbent, with 39% saying they will support Trump in the November presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The poll comes as Denver has seen a drastic increase in the number of new arrivals, with <a href=\"https:\/\/app.powerbigov.us\/view?r=eyJrIjoiNWQ4YjcwZDctODkwNy00YjA4LThlMTktMjM3YjU2NmIwZTRjIiwidCI6IjM5Yzg3YWIzLTY2MTItNDJjMC05NjIwLWE2OTZkMTJkZjgwMyJ9\">nearly 41,000 migrants<\/a> currently being served by the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/quickfacts\/fact\/table\/denvercitycolorado,denvercountycolorado\/PST045222\">just over 700,000<\/a>. The city has even asked landlords if they would be willing to house migrants. As many as 4,500 migrants were previously residing in the city\u2019s homeless shelters as of January, though the figure has decreased in recent months.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The city of Denver begging landlords to house illegals:<br \/>&#8220;But if you know somebody who is a property owner or you yourself are [a property owner] willing to rent to migrants, we&#8217;ve got information how you can do that on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XnVoasLyDn\">https:\/\/t.co\/XnVoasLyDn<\/a>&#8221; <br \/>Continually hitting new lows. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iBDPKCsPS8\">pic.twitter.com\/iBDPKCsPS8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricAbbenante\/status\/1774610130270617605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The poll of Colorado voters reflects a wider trend throughout the country, with a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/voters-say-immigration-is-top-issue-facing-country-biden-faces-widespread-disapproval-on-immigration\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-new-daily-wire-poll-shows-woke-politics-could-hurt-mlbs-bottom-line\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: New Daily Wire Poll Shows \u2018Woke Politics\u2019 Could Hurt MLB\u2019s Bottom-Line\">national poll<\/a><\/a> performed by Harvard Harris and the Center for American Political Studies finding that voters say immigration is the top issue facing the country. The poll also found that Biden has his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-budget-to-fund-border-security-in-egypt-jordan-while-u-s-faces-unprecedented-border-crisis\/\" title=\"Biden's budget includes funding for border security in Egypt and Jordan amidst a critical border situation in the U.S\">lowest issue-specific approval rating<\/a> on immigration, a trend that has persisted for four consecutive months.<\/p>\n<p>Another national poll, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/projects\/most-favor-hiring-more-border-patrol-agents-and-immigration-judges\/\">performed<\/a> by the Associated Press and National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, found that a majority of Americans want to hire more Border Patrol agents and limit the number of migrants who are allowed to seek asylum.<\/p>\n<p>The findings come as the United States faces an unprecedented border crisis with over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2455010\/illegal-border-crossers-total-over-10-million-since-biden-inauguration\/\">10 million<\/a> crossing the border since Joe Biden took office. There have been over one million illegal immigrant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/over-one-million-illegal-migrants-encountered-at-southern-border-in-first-six-months-of-fiscal-year-2024\">encounters<\/a> on the southern border in just the first six months of fiscal year 2024. There have also been an estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Arthur\/Blockbuster-House-Report-Reveals-How-Badly-Bidens-Broken-Our-Immigration-System\">1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways<\/a> recorded since Biden took office in 2021. There were 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent poll by the Colorado Polling Institute, conducted by Aspect Strategic and New Bridge Strategy, surveyed 632 likely voters in Colorado. 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