A new AP-NORC poll finds Republicans now hold a narrow, 4 percentage point edge over Democrats on which party Americans trust to handle immigration, down from a 13 percentage point advantage in October.
One-third of Americans now say they trust the GOP more on immigration, down from 39% in October. Twenty-nine percent say they trust the Democratic Party more.
A sizable 28% of Americans say they trust neither party to handle immigration.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.