Arizona Daily Star: Poll: Arizonans like immigration bill (April 22, 2010)
Reference Frame: “A majority of likely voters appear willing to swap tougher enforcement for civil-rights protections, according to a new poll that found 70 percent of likely voters support a measure authorizing police to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant.”
Explanatory Frame: “A majority of likely voters appear willing to swap tougher enforcement for civil-rights protections, according to a new poll that found 70 percent of likely voters support a measure authorizing police to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant.”
Arizona Daily Star (Capitol Media Services): Poll: Voters like Brewer’s support of AZ immigration, concealed weapons laws (April 28, 2010)
Reference Frame: “PHOENIX – The decision by Gov. Jan Brewer to sign a pair of controversial bills may have generated some unwanted attention for Arizona. But it hasn’t hurt the governor’s popularity at home.”
Explanatory Frame: “Tuesday’s survey came four days after Brewer signed what is considered the toughest state law aimed at illegal immigrants in the nation.”
Arizona Republic: Arizona immigration law boosts Gov. Brewer’s rating (April 29, 2010)
Reference Frame: “Signing the nation’s toughest immigration legislation into law has thrust Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer into the national spotlight, and recent polls suggest the move has given her job-performance ratings a boost.”
Explanatory Frame: “The immigration measure makes it a state crime to be in Arizona illegally and requires police and other law-enforcement officials to check documents of people they reasonably suspect to be illegal.”
Arizona Republic (Politico): 51% in nation support Arizona immigration law, poll says (April 29, 2010)
Reference Frame: “Just more than half of the country is in favor of a tough new immigration law in Arizona, according to a new Gallup poll out Thursday.”
Explanatory Frame: “Fifty-one percent of those polled nationwide who said they have heard of the new law favor the measure, which grants police to right to ask to see proof of citizenship from anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant. Thirty-nine percent said they oppose it.”
Arizona Republic: GOP worries Arizona immigration law could hurt party (April 30, 2010)
Reference Frame: “Arizona’s immigration law has been an immediate hit with the Republican base, but some of the party’s top strategists and rising stars worry that the harsh crackdown may do long-term damage to the GOP in the eyes of America’s Hispanic population.”
Explanatory Frame: None
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Read the polls that were taken during April and the summer of 2010 here.
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