Immigration as a Wedge Issue? I’m Shocked!

WaPo’s Scott Clement reports that “a significant share of Democrats and Republicans disagree with their party on potential wedge issues” including immigration.

A whopping 60% of U.S. adults would like to see a path to citizenship.

That number includes “[o]ne in three Republicans and Republican-leaning independent voters” who want the next president to “support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.” On the other side of the aisle, one out of six Democratic-leaning registered voters would oppose creating a path to citizenship.

Those who strongly disagree with their party’s current stance on immigration and find the issue to be critical may be “persuadable” to vote for a candidate not from their political party. That is, immigration has the potential to be a wedge issue in the upcoming election.

-KitJ