An overwhelming number of Arizonans support greater security at the southern border, according to recent polling done by Noble Predictive Insights.
With the presidential election coming up in November, Arizonans will not only have the chance to vote for their local legislators, but to vote in laws proposed on the ballot – one of those being a measure that would increase criminal prosecution of non-U.S. citizens.
The measure, Prop. 314, would make it a crime for non-citizens to use false information in applications for public benefits and employment, to enter Arizona between ports of entry, to refuse to comply with orders to return to their home country. It also would increase penalties for the selling of fentanyl that causes the death of an individual, raising it to a class 2 felony.
The NPI report, surveying 1,003 voters between Aug. 12-16 with a 3.09% margin of error, indicates that 63% of Arizona voters would support Prop. 314. The highest support comes from Republicans (77%), but is also backed by liberal groups including college graduates (58%), Hispanics (56%), Democrats (23%) and 18-to-34-year-olds (52%).
