What Americans really think about accepting refugees from the Middle East

What Americans really think about accepting refugees from the Middle East

Below are findings and reports from a new poll by Shibley Telhami cosponsored by the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World at the Brookings Institution and the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland. This poll was fielded by Nielsen Scarborough May 20-31, 2016 on American public attitudes toward refugees from the Middle East. The links below include key findings, a full PowerPoint presentation, and the poll questionnaire.

Key Findings

PowerPoint Presentation

Questionnaire