President Trump today signed a revised version his controversial executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven predominantly Muslim countries. The updates exclude Iraq from the list of seven countries, removes a provision that prioritized immigration by religious minorities from those countries (aka Christians), and makes clear that it no longer affects people currently holding visas. The ostensible purpose of this update was to escape the legal scrutiny swiftly brought on by the initial order. We'll see.
As for the likely public reaction in Texas, February 2017 University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polling showed that among the Texas GOP, the President had little to fear, as they expressed favorable opinions towards his proposals (and some more extreme ones from the campaign trail). Here's a quick rundown with links to all the crosstabs:
| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| Strongly support | 40% |
| Somewhat support | 16% |
| Somewhat oppose | 13% |
| Strongly oppose | 25% |
| Don't know | 6% |
| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly support | 9% | 27% | 72% |
| Somewhat support | 13% | 31% | 16% |
| Somewhat oppose | 21% | 20% | 5% |
| Strongly oppose | 49% | 14% | 5% |
| Don't know | 8% | 8% | 2% |
Support for Syrian Refugee Ban:
| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| Strongly support | 37% |
| Somewhat support | 17% |
| Somewhat oppose | 14% |
| Strongly oppose | 26% |
| Don't know | 6% |
| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly support | 8% | 33% | 65% |
| Somewhat support | 15% | 22% | 18% |
| Somewhat oppose | 18% | 21% | 9% |
| Strongly oppose | 51% | 11% | 6% |
| Don't know | 8% | 12% | 3% |
Support for Muslim Immigration Ban:
| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| Strongly support | 30% |
| Somewhat support | 15% |
| Somewhat oppose | 15% |
| Strongly oppose | 32% |
| Don't know | 8% |
| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly support | 7% | 26% | 51% |
| Somewhat support | 12% | 22% | 16% |
| Somewhat oppose | 16% | 18% | 15% |
| Strongly oppose | 56% | 23% | 12% |
| Don't know | 9% | 10% | 7% |