state audits and data compiled by groups across the political spectrum have found no indication that noncitizens are voting in large numbers.
Basically, rules imposing additional requirements on voter registration prevent vastly more citizens from voting than noncitizens, since the latter aren’t trying to vote.
Ditto.
Now, it’s actually unusual when a party is punished for a shutdown - as per https://time.com/6317658/government-shutdown-gop-elections-virginia/ past shutdowns that the GOP got the blame for didn’t really seem to hurt them later.
However, the key point from that article is this,
We’ve never had a shutdown this close to a presidential election, let alone during one. That might keep the pain fresh enough to actually cost the GOP, for once.