President-elect Donald Trump’s first staffing decisions match exactly what voters want from the new administration less than a week after the presidential election.
Rasmussen Reports, which took the brass ring for coming closest to the Election Day popular vote percentage, said on Monday that while the economy was the top issue in the election, voters are most hopeful that Trump will address illegal immigration first.
Of his first three appointments, Trump has turned to the immigration issue as a driving force in his decisions.
On Monday, for example, he named Stephen Miller as his deputy chief of staff for policy. Miller was Trump’s top immigration policy planner during his first administration.
Trump also picked former immigration official Tom Homan as his border czar, setting the stage for a tough but fair approach to closing the border to illegal entry and deporting serious illegal migrant criminals.
According to Rasmussen, of the four top issues voters want Trump to “solve,” immigration came in first at 32%.
That was followed by “rising prices” at 27%, “protecting our democracy” at 24%, and “abortion rights” at 14%.
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Immigration was the top issue for Republicans and independents, while Democrats were hopeful that protecting democracy would be the top priority.
That’s not to say that voters are not interested in having Trump make good on his promises to improve the economy. In fact, many said they are not as well off as they were four years ago, and a majority are concerned that their children will be worse off.