From the moment President Obama stated to take executive action to expand immigration reform in the United States, there are plenty of rumours spreading about the consequences of this prospective action.

Republican Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida told CQ Roll Call that for short term, President may get bumped from voters, but in the long run, the effect will devastate him.

On Thursday, Minority leader Nancy Pelosi penned an op-ed with Illinois Democrat Luis V. Gutiérrez and California Democrat Zoe Lofgren, claiming that the President’s power to postpone the removal of undocumented immigrants has precedent.

People are curious about what will be included in president’s executive action. What will be the status of deferments, what steps will be taken to fix the broken immigration system. However, almost all Democrats and Republicans are finding the answer of one single question. How does this action affect the next election?

Republicans are thinking that the liberal approach of President Obama will backfire and may affect the performance of Democrats in the upcoming elections.