Democrats Rate Party Their Better on Illegal Immigration % of Dems) leaners, Reps, Vleaners saying their party is doing the representing their views on illegal immigration Those in the US illegally should Those in the US illega ally should Be allowed to stay inU.S.
Democrats rate their party better than Republicans when it comes to representing their views on the issue of illegal immigration. About half (51%) of Democrats and Democratic leaners say their party is doing a good job representing their views. Just 34% of Republicans and Republican leaners say this about the GOP.
Overall, 83% of Democrats and Democratic leaners support a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants. Among this group, 55% say the party is doing a good job representing their views on this issue; 38% say it is not. Democrats who oppose a path to legal status (16% of all Democrats and Democratic leaners) are more critical of their party: Just 30% say the party does a good job of reflecting their views, while 70% say it does not.
On the Republican side, both supporters and opponents of legal status for undocumented immigrants think the GOP is not doing a good job representing their views. Republicans and Republican leaners who oppose legal status are somewhat more negative about the party on this issue (65% bad job vs. 30% good job) than those who support a pathway to legal status (55% bad vs. 36% good).
Democrats Rate Party Their Better on  | Illegal Immigration  | % of Dems) leaners, Reps, Vleaners saying their party is  | doing the representing their views on illegal immigration  | Not a good job  | Good job  | All Democrats/ leaners  | 43  | 51  | Those in the US illegally should  | Be allowed to stay inu.s.  | 55  | legally ifthey meet (83%) certain  | 38  | legally requirements ifthey (83%) certain  | Not be allowed to stay  | 70  | 30  | legally  | (16%)  | Not a good job Good job  | All Republicans/leaners  | 59  | 34  | Those in the US illega ally should  | Be allowed to stay inU.S.  | legally lifthey meet certain  | 55  | 36  | requirements lifthey (58%)  | Not be a loowed to stay  | 65  | 30  | (40%)  | legally  | Survey conducted May 12-18, 2015 Don 't know responsesnot  | shown.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 