The First Negative Net Migration in 50 Years: Good or Bad?

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This year, for the first time in 50 years, more people will be leaving the country than entering. We asked voters some questions:

• Forty-two percent (42%) of voters say it is good for the country that more people will be leaving than entering this year.
  • Opinion is fairly evenly split: 39% say it is bad.
• Forty-three percent (43%) of voters say it will be bad for the economy, while 35% say it will be good.
• Interestingly, a plurality (44%) say it will be good for American workers.
  • Just 35% think it will be bad for them.
• Government employees think far differently about these issues than other voters. Nearly six out of ten government workers said each of these things would be bad for America.