The Truth About Immigration and Public Opinion

In recent years, there's been an overarching narrative that immigration is seen as an obvious political loser for the left and a clear political winner for the right. But does that theory make sense?
Host Jerusalem Demsas talks to John Burn-Murdoch (x.com/jburnmurdoch?lang=en) , columnist and chief data reporter for the Financial Times, about the factors that influence public opinion on immigration-and why it may not be as simple as political commentators would have you believe.
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Pretty good discussion