The source I quoted from earlier in this thread indicated that 46% of Latinos voted against Prop 187, so that means that 54% voted for it. (The link is on my computer at work, so I can't give it to you. If you want it, I'd be glad to provide it to you later.)
It's really not a race issue, is it.
True, but incomplete.
Let's rewrite it to be strictly accurate:
40% of Hispanics who voted in 1994 voted for 187.
Now, after the 187 ad campaign and the Democrats' subsequent demagougery over 187, we got a LOT more Hispanics registered--and convinced that the GOP hated Hispanics.
187 was ready-made for demagougery on both sides. Ol' Pete (who never gave a damn about illegals when he was Mayor of San Diego, or Senator, or during his first term as Governor) used it in his campaign in 1994. The Democrats used it in 1996, 1998, and 2000...and got a LOT more votes out of it than we ever did.