Posted on 01/28/2004 11:57:41 AM PST by Sabertooth
Vote analysis of Prop. 187, the illegal alien initiative
Yes No
Statewide Total 59% 41%
(.24) Los Angeles County 56% 44%
(.23) San Francisco Bay Area 45% 55%
(.17) San Diego/Orange 67% 33%
(.15) Central Valley 66% 34%
(.08) Inland Empire 70% 30%
(.07) Central Coast 60% 40%
(.06) North Coast/Sierras 68% 32%
(.40) Democrat 40% 60%
(.40) Republican 76% 24%
(.20) Independent/other 61% 39%
(.37) Conservative 76% 24%
(.45) Moderate 56% 44%
(.18) Liberal 32% 68%
(.49) Male 62% 38%
(.51) Female 56% 44%
(.78) White (non-Hispanic) 64% 36%
(.38) Men 69% 31%
(.40) Women 59% 41%
(.09) Latino 27% 73%
(.07) Black 52% 48%
(.06) Asian 52% 48%
Yes No
(.14) 18-29 49% 51%
(.43) 30-49 58% 42%
(.17) 50-59 59% 41%
(.26) 60 or older 66% 34%
(.22) High school or less 64% 36%
(.34) Some college 64% 36%
(.27) College graduate 54% 46%
(.17) Post graduate degree 48% 52%
(.15) Under $20,000 53% 47%
(.25) $20,000-$40,000 60% 40%
(.24) $40,000-$60,000 59% 41%
(.36) More than $60,000 58% 42%
(.48) Protestant 69% 31%
(.27) Roman Catholic 49% 51%
(.05) Jewish 45% 55%
(.08) Other 53% 47%
(.12) No preference 48% 52%
(.25) 1st or 2nd generation citizen 52% 48%
(.75) 3rd generation or more 60% 40%
Source: Statewide and regional vote percentages are based on official vote totals reported by the Secretary of State. All other demographic subgroup percentages are the averages of two independent exit polls conducted by Voter News Service (n=3,050) and the Los Angeles Times (n=5,336) on November 9, 1994.
This is an Excerpt from the Field Institute's larger 1994 election summary,
Proposition 187, the controversial ballot initiative which makes illegal immigrants ineligible to receive public health and education services, was approved by voters by an 18- point margin, 59% to 41%. An analysis of the vote by regional and demographic subgroups shows the following:
The proposition carried all regions of the state except the Bay Area (where it trailed by 10 points). Support for Prop. 187 was extremely strong in the Inland Empire (+40 points), the North Coast/Sierras (+36 points), San Diego/ Orange (+34 points) and the Central Valley (+32 points).
The vote on Prop. 187 was highly partisan, with Republicans favoring it three to one, and Democrats opposed three to two. Independents favored the initiative by 22 points.
Political ideology was strongly linked to opinions of the initiative. Conservatives were strongly supportive, favor- ing Prop. 187 by 52 points. By contrast, liberals opposed the initiative by 36 points. Political moderates were more divided, but favored it by 12 points.
Support for Prop. 187 was strongest among white non- Hispanic voters (+28 points), and especially white males (+38 points). Latinos, on the other hand, voted No by a 73% to 27% margin. Blacks and Asians divided about evenly, with 52% voting in favor and 48% opposed.
The initiative carried among both male and female voters, although men supported it by a larger margin -- 24 points -- versus 12 points among women.
Voters age 60 or older were strongly supportive of the initiative, favoring it by 32 points, while younger voters under age 30 split about evenly on the measure. Majorities of voters age 30 - 59 supported the initiative.
Voters with no more than a high school education and those with some college training favored Prop. 187 by wide 28- point margins. College graduates were also supportive, but by a narrower 8-point margin, whereas those with a post- graduate degree were opposed by 4 points.
Majorities of voters in all income categories supported the initiative.
Protestants favored Prop. 187 by a greater than two to one margin (69% to 31%). On the other hand, Catholics voted against it by a narrow 2-point margin, Jewish voters op- posed it by 10 points and those with no religious preference voted No by a 4-point margin.
The Los Angeles Times exit poll also asked voters whether they were a first generation, second generation or third or more generation U.S. resident. The results show that voters who have resided in the U.S. for three or more generations were more supportive than those who have been here for a shorter period.
Voter Preferences on Proposition 187,
the Illegal Alien Initiative
Region
Party identification
Political ideology
Sex
Ethnicity
Age
Education
Household income
Religion
U.S. residency status
"A summary analysis of Voting in the 1994 General Election"
pdf link here
(Excerpt) Read more at 216.239.57.104 ...
Not factually correct.
Judge Judith Pfaelzer's decision was not only subject to review, but was in the process of being reviewed when the plug was pulled. Respected judicial scholars were unanimous in their opinion: Pfaelzer's order would have been substantially upheld by the 9th Circuit but would have been reversed and all but two provisions of the initiative would have been upheld by the SCOTUS. Those portions of the initiative that were felt to be constitutional by these same legal scholars are incorporated into the present initiative.
The decision to over turn the will of six million people was made by Gray Davis when he sent the pending appeal before the 9th Circuit to mediation within the 9th Circuit. Davis' decision was not subject to review
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