Day: December 9, 2014

Uninformed Majority Thinks Obama Has Deported Fewer Undocumented Immigrants

Buck Banks

53% to 29%

Margin by which Americans mistakenly believe that Obama has sent fewer undocumented immigrants home than were deported a decade earlier. “That’s a constant refrain of Obama’s immigration critics. It also isn’t true. Immigration agents removed 315,943 people in the last fiscal year. That’s down from 438,421 the year before but up 31 percent from the 240,665 deported in fiscal 2004,” according to Al Hunt.

Misled Majority Still Believe Deficit Has Increased Under Obama

Buck Banks

73% to 21%

Majority by which the public says the federal budget deficit has gotten bigger during the Obama presidency, according to Al Hunt. “Here are the facts: In fiscal 2009, during the first year of Obama’s presidency, the deficit was $1.413 trillion. In the current fiscal year, the congressional budget office projects the deficit will be $469 billion, down from $483 billion in the budget year that ended Sept. 30. The deficit has been cut by two-thirds during Obama’s six years.”

GOP Approval Reaches Five-Year High

Buck Banks

45%

Republican approval rating — a five-year peak after their wins in the midterm elections, according to a new Bloomberg Politics poll, while President Obama struggles with his lowest job approval rating, at 39 percent. “The White House also is facing a backlash from independents who oppose his unilateral moves on immigration, and just 24 percent say the country is on the right track, the lowest rating since September 2011.”