Morning Wire Legacy Media Claims America’s Turned on ICE. The Polling Says Otherwise
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Jan 25, 2026 Brent Buchanan, founder and president of Cygnal Polling, offers short polling expertise on American views of ICE, immigration enforcement, and political strategy. He highlights steady support for deportations, contrasts media narratives with poll data, and discusses messaging challenges, demographic shifts, and the electoral implications for 2026.
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Public Support For Deportation Remains Steady
- Despite media coverage, Brent Buchanan finds public support for deporting those here illegally remains around 48–60%.
- He calls media-driven impressions of a collapse in support a misreading of polling data.
Hold The Issue In Headlines To Preserve Support
- Buchanan says Trump has a mandate on immigration and unused political goodwill to deploy.
- He argues keeping the issue visible helps the administration because public concern faded as enforcement produced results.
Media Visuals Skew Perception And Reveal Demographic Splits
- Visuals matter and media selectively show confronting footage that harms the administration's optics.
- Buchanan notes a stark demographic split: young liberal white women more accepting of lawbreaking protests than the rest of the country.