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title: "Immigration “Very Important” to Republican Voters"
description: "That's the percentage of Republican registered voters who say the issue of immigration will be very important to their vote. Fewer Democrats (50%) and independents (57%) say the same."
date: "2007-12-11"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2007/12/11/immigration-very-important-to-republican-voters/"
---

# Immigration “Very Important” to Republican Voters

More than six-in-ten (65%) registered Republicans say that immigration will be very important to their vote in next year’s election. Somewhat fewer Democrats (50%) and independents (57%) say the same. Republicans also rank the issue of immigration higher on their list of the most important problem facing the nation; 11% of Republicans call immigration the most important problem facing the nation, placing it behind only Iraq (27%) and terrorism (14%) and ahead of the economy (9%). Only 4% of Democrats and independents call immigration the nation’s most important problem. [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/626/republicans-political-terrain)