Bipartisanship: Both McCain Voters And Obama Voters United In Opposition To Amnesty

McCain supporters more so than Obama supporters, but still. Why aren’t Republicans making more of this issues? Why didn’t the GOP nominate a candidate who could have articulated a staunch, believable platform against illegal immigration?

A new Zogby poll shows only about a third of Obama’s voters supported him because of his backing for an amnesty, while two-thirds either voted for him despite his support for amnesty (15%) or it wasn’t a factor at all in their decision (51%). Interestingly, among McCain voters, 59% did it despite his amnesty stance, 28% didn’t care, and only 11% supported him because of his backing of amnesty. The respondents overall backed enforcement over legalization by 3 to 1, but they were also asked whether those positions were less important to them than a year ago — 11% of enforcement supporters backed it less intensely than a year ago, but fully 20% of amnesty supporters were less committed.

If Republicans in Washington DC were a little less worried about what liberal media reporters think of their immigration stance, and a little more worried about what the American people think, they might do a little bit better in elections.