The lengthy government shutdown seems likely to end only when one or both political parties is willing to compromise. But the question Democratic and Republican lawmakers have to confront is how to sell that compromise to their supporters. If that compromise involves immigration policy, it’s clear why that’s hard: Democratic and Republican voters are far apart on those issues.
But here’s a further complication: The people most likely to say they want politicians to compromise are least likely to stomach whatever that compromise is. Here’s how that plays out with immigration in particular, based on data from the newest GW Politics Poll. CONT.
John Sides (GWU), Monkey Cage