- A recent poll of 4,173 American adults representative of the US population found that 1/3 believe there is an effort to replace US citizens with immigrants to influence election outcomes.
- 30% also worry that more immigration is hurting native-born Americans’ economic, cultural and political influence.
- These sentiments have been amplified by social media and cable TV commentators such as Tucker Carlson and correlate with the resurgence in the “great replacement” conspiracy theory.
- 66% of those surveyed believe that immigration makes America stronger.
1 in 3 fears immigrants influence US elections: AP-NORC poll
(05/10/2022)
