New Georgia Poll: 59% Oppose Immigration Bill; 60% Want Wilson Freed

(6/21/07) An InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion survey conducted June 16-17 indicates why the current immigration bill before the Senate is in such political difficulty. In a survey of 510 registered voters in Georgia ,we asked:

Q. What is your opinion of the president’s proposed immigration reform bill currently under consideration in the United States Senate?

Approve: 24%
Disapprove: 59%
No Opinion: 17%

(Republicans disapproved by a 51%-36% margin; Democrats disapproved by a 65%-18% margin; Independents disapproved by a 62%-18% margin)

The telephone survey was weighted for age, race, gender, and political affiliation.

In the same survey of 510 registered voters, weighted for age race, gender, and political affiliation, we asked:

Do you believe Genarlow Wilson, the young man sentenced to ten years who has recently been in the news should be freed from prison as ordered by a judge?

Should be freed: 61%
Should stay in jail: 18%
Unaware of the (news) story: 21%

(Republicans favored Wilson’s being freed by a 55%-22% margin; Democrats favored Wilson being freed by a 67%-13% margin; Independents also favored by 60%-18%).

The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4%.