strategy and research | December 18, 2007
Democracy Corps with Greenberg Quinlan Rosner conducted a survey of 1,000 likely voters November 29-December 3, 2007 that took an extensive look at the issue of illegal immigration. While few issues inspire so much passion as illegal immigration, voters are looking for a solution – after this era of failing on most major problems – that builds on our immigrant tradition.
In their latest strategy memo, Stan Greenberg, Al Quinlan, Mark Feierstein, and James Carville offer a progressive approach to illegal immigration that shows Democrats are very serious about getting the problem under control, and solving this problem in ways consistent with America’s values.
Few issues inspire so much passion as illegal immigration, but showing Democrats can address it will be a big signal to the country and build confidence in the Democrats’ ability to lead the change more broadly. Many Americans, we wrote based on focus groups last month, believe the country’s business and political leaders have lost control of the border, the workplace and government benefits – and seem indifferent or powerless to address it. Americans across the political spectrum, from liberal Democrats to conservative Republicans, consider illegal immigration to be a serious problem and are looking for political leaders to solve it.
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