Democratic congressional candidates have shifted their pitch on immigration in the final weeks of the 2024 campaign, promising more action to boost border security as they seek to make up ground on an issue where voters favor Republicans.
They're talking about it far more in campaign TV ads over the past seven weeks, when almost 15% of pro-Democratic messages have addressed immigration or border security, up sharply from the 3% share they represented in the final weeks of the 2022 midterm campaign, according to new data released on Thursday by the Wesleyan Media Project, a university cohort that analyzes political TV ads.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll completed this week showed that 65% of registered voters believe the U.S. is on the wrong track on immigration policy, with voters favoring Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's hardline approach to the issue over Democratic rival Kamala Harris' by 48% to 35%.
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