Hopeful Democrats on Tuesday rejected assessments their party bungled a partial government shutdown forced to win protections for “Dreamers,” illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as young children.

Some public opinion polling conducted after the Senate Democrats’ aborted three-day shutdown got underway showed them with a narrow advantage on the question of who deserved blame — them, Republicans, or President Trump — and whether it was reasonable to leverage a must-pass spending bill to secure immigration concessions.

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