Anglo-Saxon attitudes: a survey of British and American views of the ...

Generally speaking do
you think of yourself as…
Total Democrat
Republican
Independent
Gender Age Income
Male Female 18 to
34
35 to
54
Over
55
>
$50k
All US Adults 1000 340 290 321 483 517 276 401 324 444 556
Unweighted Sample 1000 370 286 304 478 522 210 421 369 432 568
% % % % % % % % % % %
Thinking about immigration, do you agree or
disagree with these statements?
Immigration in recent years has helped the U.S.
economy grow faster than it would have done
otherwise.
Strongly agree 7 10 3 8 8 6 8 8 5 7 7
Tend to agree 18 24 13 18 21 16 21 16 18 18 19
Neither agree not disagree 19 24 14 19 19 19 21 19 17 21 18
Tend to disagree 22 19 23 25 22 22 22 20 25 20 24
Strongly disagree 27 16 43 24 27 28 18 31 31 27 28
Don't know 6 7 5 6 3 10 10 6 4 8 5
Immigrants today are doing a significant number of
jobs that can and should be done by people born in
this country.
Strongly agree 32 25 38 33 31 33 28 34 33 36 29
Tend to agree 32 32 35 30 34 30 27 33 34 28 35
Neither agree not disagree 14 15 10 15 13 14 18 13 11 15 12
Tend to disagree 14 17 10 14 15 13 18 9 16 12 15
Strongly disagree 5 7 4 5 6 5 4 6 5 4 6
Don't know 4 4 2 4 2 5 6 4 1 5 2
‘There should be an amnesty for people who
entered America more than two years ago and have
lived here without committing any crimes or
claiming welfare benefits; they should be allowed to
stay in this country and acquire full citizenship.’
Strongly agree 15 24 7 13 15 14 19 12 13 16 13
Tend to agree 21 27 14 19 21 20 23 18 23 22 20
Neither agree not disagree 13 15 9 14 11 15 16 12 12 15 12
Tend to disagree 16 15 18 15 14 17 15 18 14 16 16
Strongly disagree 32 15 49 36 37 27 22 36 36 26 37
Don't know 4 4 4 3 2 6 6 4 3 6 3
Which of these statements comes closer to your
own?
‘It is a good thing if many immigrants retain the culture
and way of life of the country they came from, as this
enhances the variety of life in Britain today'
‘It would be far better for the future of Britain if many
21 32 8 21 19 24 32 19 16 25 19
more immigrants integrated more into our society and
adopted a British way of life'
68 55 84 69 74 62 56 68 77 62 72
Don’t know 11 13 8 10 8 14 12 14 7 14 9
When people lose their job because their employer
has to reduce its workforce which of these has the
biggest responsibility for ensuring they have
enough to live on while they are looking for a new
job?
The company that laid them off 39 51 31 34 36 42 44 37 39 43 37
The Government 17 26 9 15 17 17 16 17 20 17 18
The people themselves 36 15 56 41 40 32 34 38 34 31 40
Don't know 8 9 4 10 7 9 7 9 8 10 6
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