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Florida International University

The FIU/Florida Poll is a statewide survey of 1,200 Florida residents done by SJMC’s Institute for Public Opinion Research (IPOR) every year from 1988 to 2004. The 2004 Poll was done in December 2004 and January 2005, and the 2006 Poll was done in July 2006.

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How do you feel about the number of people who have moved to Florida from other countries in the past few years -- overall, is it a good thing for Florida, a bad thing, or doesn't it make any difference?

Bar Chart

results by ethnic groups


immigration to Florida from other countries * Florida poll conducted in year Crosstabulation
% within Florida poll conducted in year


Florida poll conducted in year Total
88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 06
immigration to Florida from other countries good thing for Florida 22.2% 19.5% 23.3% 21.8% 25.0% 19.3% 25.0% 23.6% 26.8% 27.3% 32.4% 32.5% 38.5% 32.7% 32.2% 33.6% 34.9% 35.1% 28.2%
does not make a difference 34.2% 35.4% 33.4% 31.7% 30.4% 30.3% 21.7% 28.6% 28.4% 32.6% 34.7% 34.0% 33.0% 33.2% 33.1% 34.7% 34.2% 33.4% 32.1%
bad thing for Florida 43.6% 45.1% 43.4% 46.5% 44.6% 50.4% 53.4% 47.8% 44.8% 40.1% 32.9% 33.5% 28.5% 34.1% 34.7% 31.7% 31.0% 31.5% 39.7%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

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