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GOP voters dissatisfied with party’s amnesty stance
Two new polls stand as evidence of a dramatic shift in priorities among Republican voters as they assess their party leadership. A newly released Pew Research poll finds that a majority of Republicans think their party is not representing their views on illegal immigration.
Just 37% of Republicans and self-identified Republican “leaners” think the GOP is doing a good job representing their views on illegal immigration while a massive 56% say the party is not doing a good job.
These findings follow last week’s Gallop poll which also indicates illegal immigration and its costly repercussions has grown to the leading concern among Republicans.
Despite these numbers, the establishment elites in the Republican Party continue to press for what they now slyly refer to as a “piecemeal,” or incremental approach to implementing comprehensive amnesty legislation which would further alienate the GOP base.
In fact, the issue is eclipsing all others. What many now refer to as the “illegal invasion” rose from 4% to 15% among all adults” as the top problem. Gallup reported that “In the past three months, 20% of national adults who self-identify as Republican named illegal immigration as a top issue, compared with 8% of Democrats. In the first half of the year, a nearly identical 4% of Republicans and 3% of Democrats referred to the issue the country’s most important problem.”
The poll found that a third of Republicans (33%) say their party has not done a good job on illegal immigration because it is too willing to allow foreign nationals living illegally in the U.S. to gain legal status.
Republicans who believe in the rule of law are speaking. Are their members of congress listening?
Source: http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/gop-voters-dissatisfied-with-partys-amnesty-stance/
