Immigration Now The Top GOP Grievance -- Above Health Care, Economy

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM/Gallup

By SAHIL KAPUR Published AUGUST 25, 2014, 9:38 AM EDT

Among Republicans, immigration has eclipsed health care, the dysfunctional government and the economy as the No. 1 problem ailing the United States, according to the latest Gallup poll.

Twenty-two percent of Republicans or Republican-leaners name immigration as the country's top problem; 20 percent named the dysfunctional government, 17 percent named the economy and 9 percent named health care.

The chart below comes via Gallup:

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[starroute]

1. Did they not even have the environment as an option? (nt)

[pampango]

2. They are not even bothering to cloak their xenophobia as opposition to "illegal" immigration.

Their biggest concern now is just plain ol' immigration.

And their opposition to foreign aid and "focus overseas" makes their top 8 concerns (but not Democrats') confirms their disdain for foreigners and the rest of the world in general.