Of the Democrats who defeated Republicans in the recent elections, how many ran on open borders platforms and how many ran against illegal immigration?
Bet you don't answer the question because it would illuminate the vacuity of your analysis.
Bet you don't answer the question because it would illuminate the vacuity of your analysis.
It was not an issue that Democrats campaigned on. The Democrats knew that their voters were not concerned at all by illegal immigration.
It is an issue like speeding in a car. Everyone does it. But in this election it is as if many far right candidates had called for the death penalty for speeding. If some Republicans campaigned on the death penalty for speeding, it would not be necessary for Democrats to favor speeding. In fact they would ignore the issue. The Republicans would have been doing all it takes to defeat themselves.
If you asked voters about speeding it would be a lot lower in the polls than illegal immigration.
It is the old rule.. When members of the far right are shooting themselves in the head with a 12 gage shot gun... it is not necessary for the Democrats to do anything except to show up at the Democratic headquarters to give their victory speech.
It was a stupid an appealing issue that some Republicans campaigned on and the voters gave the congress to the Democrats.