Neither Party Gets Good Marks from Its Base for Handling Illegal Immigration

Neither Party Gets Good Marks from Its Base for Handling Illegal Immigration. Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. September 23, 2014.

As the current session of Congress comes to a close without significant action to address illegal immigration, neither Republicans nor Democrats are especially happy with the way their respective parties have dealt with the issue. Just 37% of Republicans and Republican leaners think the GOP is doing a good job representing their views on illegal immigration; 56% say they are not doing a good job. Democrats are more positive about their party’s handling of the issue. Still, about as many Democrats and Democratic leaners say the party is not doing a good job (44%) on immigration as say that it is (47%). [Note: contains copyrighted material].

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