By John Binder
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About 3-in-4 American voters favor a
populist-nationalist “America First” legal immigration, trade, and foreign
policy platform from candidates running for office that prioritizes protecting
the way of life and economic security of United States citizens above all else.
The latest Harvard/Harris Poll finds near unanimous support for populist-nationalist
candidates among Republicans, conservatives, and President Trump supporters, as
well as a majority of support from all voters.
On Immigration
Voters were asked if they would be more or less likely to
support a candidate who said, “We have a moral duty to create an immigration
system that protects the lives and jobs of our citizens,” the kind of populist
sentiment often deployed by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
In total, about 75 percent of all voters said they would
be more likely to support a candidate who made the statement, while about 88
percent of Republicans, 89 percent of conservatives, 75 percent of swing
voters, and 91 percent of Trump supporters said they too would be more likely
to support the candidate.
Across racial lines, the vast majority of white
Americans, 79 percent, and black Americans, 75 percent, said they would support
a candidate who said they wanted an immigration system that benefited
American citizens, rather than foreign nationals.
Similarly, more than 6-in-10 voters said they would be
more likely to support a candidate in an election that spoke of the national
“emergency with the savage MS-13 gang” that has been largely due to the
country’s mass illegal and legal immigration system that has been supported by
Republicans, Democrats, the open borders lobby, Wall Street executives, and
corporate interests.
On Trade
A total of 65 percent of voters said they would be more
likely to support candidates who touted imposing $250 billion worth of tariffs
on China, as Trump has done. This economic nationalist policy platform on trade
garners support from 87 percent of Republicans, 61 percent of swing
voters, and 89 percent of Trump supporters.
Likewise, when voters are asked if they would be more or
less likely to support a political candidate who wants to replace NAFTA with a
bilateral trade deal that protects American jobs and industry while bringing
lost U.S. jobs and industry back to the country, about 7-in-10 voters said they
would be more likely to support such a candidate.
The economic nationalist rhetoric has the highest support
among conservatives, 90 percent, and Trump supporters, about 93 percent.
On Foreign Policy
Even when it comes to foreign policy and international
affairs, Americans are vastly more likely to support candidates who oppose
delegating more U.S. sovereignty to global organizations and foreign
interventionism that results in countless lost lives.
For instance, when asked if they would be more or less
likely to support a candidate who said, “Great nations do not fight endless
wars,” nearly 3-in-4 voters said they would be more likely to support such a
candidate.
Across party lines, voters tend to support candidates
with Trump’s “America First” foreign policy rather than the neoconservative worldview.
Roughly 84 percent of Republicans, more than 60 percent
of Democrats, and 76 percent of Independents said they would be more likely to
support a candidate that opposes endless foreign wars.
This anti-war platform
is the most popular among conservative voters, 84 percent of whom said they
would be more likely to support a candidate that talks like Trump on foreign
policy.
Close to 70 percent of all voters are more likely to
support a candidate that wants to pull American troops out of Syria and
Afghanistan, as Trump has demanded.
This anti-interventionist platform is most
supported by Republicans, 82 percent, and Trump voters, 84 percent.
About 7-in-10 swing voters are more likely to support a
candidate who wants to bring American troops home after years of U.S.
intervention in Syria and Afghanistan, as well as 64 percent of Hispanic and
black Americans.
Every year, the U.S. admits more than 1.5 million illegal
and legal immigrants at the expense of America’s working and middle class who
are forced to subsidize the policy through their depleted
wages and job
prospects.
At the same time, free trade deals like NAFTA have cost at least
five
million American manufacturing jobs to be eliminated from the U.S. economy.
Overseas, U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan have left up to 507,000 people dead and more than 60,000 American soldiers
killed or wounded.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart
News. Follow him on Twitter at @JxhnBinder.
