41% of Americans would support a wall on the Canadian border: poll
More than four in 10Americans would supportbuildingawall across the Canadian border.
That's according to aBloomberg pollreleased on Thursday thatshows 41 percent of Americans would favour a "brick and mortar" wall along the Canadian border.
The Canada question was follow-up toa query on aMexican border wall:"If a wall is good for the Mexicoborder, it is good for the Canadaborder as well?"
The poll surveyed 1,001 American adults over 18 years old, and, according to Bloomberg,is accurate within 3.1 percentage points.
Bizarre as it may be, the idea of a wall along the Canadian border has some prominent supporters.
Last month, WisconsinGov. Scott Walker raised the ideaon NBC's Meet the Press,when he was still a contender for theRepublican presidential nomination.
"Some people have asked us about that in New Hampshire," he said."They raised some very legitimate concerns, including some law-enforcement folks that brought that up to me at one of our town-hall meetings about a week and a half ago. So that is a legitimate issue for us to look at."
Walker later saidhe didn't want to build the wall afterall. Last week, amid sagging poll numbers,he dropped out of the race.
Much of the fiercestpro-wall rhetoric has come from bombastic U.S. billionaire and presidentialhopefulDonald Trump, who has made a border wall with Mexico one of his major campaign promises.
Trump has said he "loves Canada" and wouldn't put a wall on the northern borderif elected president.
Actor Matt Damonjoked thathe supports a wallto help keep the "white walkers" out.
It should be notedthat the Bloomberg poll found a majority of Americans are still against building a wall along either the Mexican or Canadian borders,but the results still haveCanadians talking.
Most seem surprisedbytheir American neighbours.
41% of Americans want a wall built along the Canadian border?!!!
—@english_sheila
No words, simply none: 'Four in 10 Americans want a wall on Canadian border' http://t.co/tEq1tHdwSp #paleeeeeezpeople #notTheOnion
—@LeeMalleau
Plenty seem tothink it's ridiculous.
WHERE Y'ALL RUNNING IF TRUMP IS ELECTED?! "41 per cent of Americans want wall along Canadian border" http://t.co/qOpZnOOi8a
—@ellhah
These Canadians, they come down here with their comedy and their poutine and their hockey teeth ... http://t.co/rT4969VaNF
—@StephenWickens1
Others thinkit might actually be a good idea.
Great idea! We need to keep them southern varmints out of our flower beds. http://t.co/KV9zSDdM2C
—@daveyperryTO
America if you vote in the guy who's big plan is giant wall I request that one be built on the Canadian border too. #LateShow #Trump
—@ashley_actually
And some were leftasking this question...
I wonder what the Canadian numbers are? Four in 10 Americans want wall on Canadian border http://t.co/MKkWtPg8SQ
—@Iam_Canadian