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Originally Posted by FantasticDan
Great @RonBrownstein piece detailing the deep, lopsided structural imbalance at play that allows a minority of the country to keep blocking action on immigration and guns supported by huge majorities |
He says that Republicans want fewer immigrants, but then implies that most people are opposed to that position with this:
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Depending on the poll, up to about 85 percent of Americans say they support legal status for the so-called Dreamers, who have received temporary protection from deportation under former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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Immigration and DACA are two different things. There is no evidence that Republicans want fewer immigrants. There is strong evidence that they want fewer illegal immigrants. And it is clear that the Democrats are trying to use DACA as a lever to get much more sweeping amnesty.
Many on the right are sympathetic to the plight of the DACA kids, and would like to see a clean fix. No one has presented a clean fix yet.
The polling data he presents on guns is suspect. Evidence shows that the results of polls on guns can be greatly manipulated by how the questions are posed. Questions about "assault rifles" are particularly suspect.
But the polls are not relevant. What is relevant is the 2nd Amendment, and that is not going to be changed. End of story.
