3/13/2019

BORDER/CONGRESS/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On the eve of Congress’ unprecedented rebuke of President Donald Trump, a majority of voters continue to oppose his declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, according to a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. The poll shows that Trump has failed to build support for his declaration in the face of congressional opposition; the results are essentially unchanged since he signed an order to reallocate military funds toward construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Only 38 percent of voters support the declaration, the poll shows, down 1 percentage point from three weeks ago. In the new poll, 52 percent of voters are opposed to the declaration, up 1 percentage point from last month. The House has already voted to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration, and the Senate is expected to do the same on Thursday [3-14-19], with a handful of Republicans joining Democrats in opposition. But both chambers lack the votes to override what would likely be the first veto of Trump’s presidency, which the White House has said Trump will make if the measure clears the Senate. Opinions of the emergency declaration largely fall along party lines: only 10 percent of Democratic voters support it, while 83 percent oppose it. The numbers are flipped for Republicans, with 80 percent supporting the declaration and only 13 percent opposing it. Independents are against the declaration by a nearly 2 to 1 ratio: 30 percent support it, and 57 percent oppose it.”

Steven Shepard, “Poll: Majority still opposes Trump emergency declaration,” Politico, March 13, 2019 5:11 am