Voters Trust Republicans More on War on Terror, Immigration

A new Rasmussen Reports poll showed voters increasingly trust Republicans more than Democrats to handle issues on national security.

Forty-seven percent of likely U.S. voters now trust Republicans more when it comes to dealing with national security and the War on Terror, which is up 4 points from July and is the highest level of trust in the GOP on this issue since October. Just 32 percent now trust Democrats more, which is down from 40 percent since October 2009.

Twenty percent of voters aren't sure which party they trust more.

There's a party divide when it comes to the question -- 83 percent of Republicans trust their party more when it comes to national security, while 66 percent of Democrats put more faith in their own party. Nearly one in five Democratic voters -- 19 percent -- said they trust the GOP more. For voters who aren't affiliated with either major party, Republicans are trusted more by a 44 percent to 22 percent margin.

When it comes to immigration, the GOP was still more trusted than the Democratic Party. Forty-two percent of likely U.S. voters said they trust Republicans more on the issue, while 35 percent said they trust Democrats more on the issue. An additional 23 percent said they were undecided.

The survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted Sept. 8-9. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence.