Sunday, September 06, 2015

What's "duh" in Spanish?-----Study finds more immigrants equals more Democrats --- and more losses for GOP

Study finds more immigrants equals more Democrats --- and more losses for GOP | Washington Examiner:
"Republicans are famously divided on immigration reform, but Democrats pretty much unanimously support it. 
There's a reason for that.
In stark, partisan political terms, continuing the high level of immigration of recent decades, and certainly increasing immigration as envisioned by many reformers, will result in more Democrats winning more elections in coming years.
"Immigrants, particularly Hispanics and Asians, have policy preferences .. .more closely aligned with progressives than with conservatives."
"The enormous flow of legal immigrants into the country — 29.5 million from 1980 to 2012 — has remade and continues to remake the nation's electorate in favor of the Democratic Party," concludes a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies, which opposes comprehensive reform proposals like the Senate "Gang of Eight" bill.
"As the immigrant population has grown, Republican electoral prospects have dimmed, even after controlling for alternative explanations of GOP performance."
A 2012 study of 2,900 foreign-born, naturalized immigrants cited in the report showed that about 62 percent identified themselves as Democrats, while 25 percent identified as Republicans, and 13 percent identified as independents.
At this moment, according to the report, there are an estimated 8.7 million immigrants in the U.S. who are eligible for naturalization..."

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