The vanquishing of Hillary doesn’t mean the Dems have stopped living their lives according to polling. The polling must have been AWFUL for them to abort the shutdown this quickly ie they discovered quickly that their love for illegals is not shared by the voters regardless of party registration.
Ordinary working stiffs who vote Democrat know that unrestricted immigration does them no good even if the DNC salivates over all those new Democrat voters surging across the border.
I think they misread numbers for depth of sentiment.
I’ve seen some decent polling that indicates a majority of Americans think the ‘dreamers’ at least deserve the benefit of the doubt, regardless of how some of us here feel regarding an absolutely hardcore ‘send ‘em all back’ approach.
But just because a lot of people think they should be allowed to stay doesn’t mean that those same people think it’s an issue worth shutting down the government for. as often, the most hardcore voices are the loudest, but not necessarily a majority.