Reproducibility Package for: Public Support for the Legalization of Undocumented Immigrants during the 2016 Presidential Campaign

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Mariano Sana, Vanderbilt University

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Project Citation: 

Sana, Mariano. Reproducibility Package for: Public Support for the Legalization of Undocumented Immigrants during the 2016 Presidential Campaign. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-10-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/E238445V1

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I investigate whether the political ascent of Donald Trump, an adamant immigration restrictionist, during the 2016 presidential campaign was accompanied by decreasing support for the legalization of undocumented immigrants. Compiling survey data from 2012-2016, I show consistent support for legalization throughout the period. However, support was on the decline until Trump entered the presidential race in June 2015, rising thereafter. I use two Pew Research Center surveys, fielded in May 2015 and October 2016, to document that the increase in support for legalization was spearheaded by females, suburban residents, and self-identified Democrats. No demographic group, however defined, recorded a significant decline in their support for legalization. The political ascent of Donald Trump between mid-2015 and the presidential election of November 2016 was not associated with a decline in support for the legalization of undocumented immigrants but the opposite, consistent with similar trends recorded in Europe following the rise of right-wing parties. I discuss the implications of these findings for research on immigration attitudes.



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