February 29, 2012

Governor Scott,

A recent national poll reveals Americans of all colors, political leanings, sex, age and religious groups overwhelmingly support mandatory e-verify. You mouthed the same support to voters when you ran for governor while promising criminal illegal alien employers at FFVA  if elected "I will protect you however I can."

Well, at least you are keeping one campaign promise.....could it be considered aiding and abetting criminal enterprises?

The following are excerpts of a very recent national poll sponsored by Numbers USA and conducted by Pulse Opinion Research revealing how Americans across the country feel about mandatory e-verify. Basically it points out the Florida Republican majority and Democrat minority who have bi-partisan agreement regarding employing illegal aliens couldn't be more wrong.

POLL QUESTION: “On the issue of ILLEGAL immigration, do you favor or oppose mandating that all employers electronically verify the immigration status of their workers.”

Among all likely voters:

• 78% favored mandatory verification

• 12% opposed mandatory verification

• 9% weren’t sure

• 94% favor - 6% oppose: REPUBLICANS

• 84% favor - 16% oppose: INDEPENDENTS

• 92% favor – 8% oppose: VERY CONSERVATIVE (all parties)

• 85% favor – 15% oppose: SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE (all parties)

• 88% favor – 12% oppose: MODERATE (all parties)

• 81% favor – 19% oppose: DEMOCRATS

• 91% favor – 9% oppose: SOMEWHAT LIBERAL (all parties)

• 79% favor – 21% oppose: VERY LIBERAL (all parties)

• 89% favor - 11% oppose: WHITE

• 81% favor - 19% oppose: BLACK

• 76% favor - 24% oppose: OTHER (includes Hispanic & Asian American)

• 92% favor – 8% oppose: EVANGELICALS

• 88% favor – 12% oppose: PROTESTANTS

• 86% favor – 14% oppose: CATHOLICS

• 82% favor – 18% oppose: OTHER

• Women were slightly more likely than men to approve mandatory E-Verify.

There was almost no difference in support among the poorest, middle and highest income groups, or in whether people were government workers, employees in private jobs, owners, self-employed or retired.

Young voters (18-39) were less likely than older voters to support mandatory E-Verify but still favored it by an 81% to 19% margin.

METHODOLOGY

Pulse Opinion Research conducted the national poll of 1,000 likely voters on Feb. 16, 2012. The margin of sampling error was +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

The likely voters matched the usual demographic distribution in terms of race, age, politics, etc. Two test questions about the approval of Pres. Obama and preference among presidential candidates produced results similar to those of other national polls at the time. Pulse Opinion Research, LLC is an independent public opinion research firm using automated polling methodology and procedures licensed from Rasmussen Reports, LLC