[Mariner]

"Nearly three quarters of Democratic registered voters (72 percent) say the country’s immigration policies should focus on allowing immigrants in the country illegally to become legal residents, while just 38 percent of Republican registered voters agree."

This says, obliquely, that there are 28% of Democrats that would support deportation .

Those are the numbers that support a political realignment. The formation of a new majority...possibly under a new party.

[Mr. Peabody]

There doesn’t seem to be any mention of independents. I guess it would approach 50% as pro-deportation.