Q-Poll: 66 Percent Disapprove of Emergency Powers for Wall

President Donald Trump (Evan Vucci/AP)

By    |   Wednesday, 06 March 2019 01:28 PM EST ET

Sixty-six percent of voters disapprove of President Donald Trump's use of emergency executive powers to fund a wall on the southern border of the U.S., according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

Thirty-one percent approve of it.

Here are the highlights from the poll released Wednesday:

  • 69 percent of Republicans approve of Trump's emergency powers for the wall, while 29 percent do not.

  • 5 percent of Democrats approve, while 95 percent disapprove.

  • 26 percent of independents approve, compared to 70 percent who do not.

  • 86 percent of all those polled support background checks on all gun purchases.

  • 60 percent of voters say "the use of marijuana should be made legal in the U.S.," while 33 percent disagree.

The poll, conducted March 1-4, surveyed 1,120 voters. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.

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President Donald Trump's use of emergency executive powers to fund a wall on the southern border of the U.S., has the disapproval of 66 percent of voters in the latest Quinnipiac University poll.
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