* UK pollster YouGov reported that 92% of Americans feel illegal immigration is a problem. In the disinterested view of Mark Zuckerberg, Trump must be insane to systematically alienate 8% of the electorate.
* There is certainly some concern trolling going in here. That said, there is a baffling number of political scientists (including experts on electoral behavior) who honestly believe that California Hispanics were swing voters before Pete Wilson decided to turn against immigrants. Unlike the belief that Bush won 44% of the Hispanic vote in 2004 — which more people are willing to admit was probably not true — the myth of the pre-1994 California Hispanic swing vote will probably never die.
* White culture considers it shameful to go on public assistance.
It might be that the best thing for the country at this point is to end that cultural norm among whites.
* The reason why California is a Dark Blue state while Texas is Dark Red is because of the different behavior of white voters. In regard to Hispanics, California and Texas are virtually identical: in 2012 they were 38% of the population and 26% of the eligible electorate. In both California and Texas, Hispanics voted 70-29 for Obama over Romney, which makes mush of the moral tale of heartless Pete Wilson versus heartful Rick Perry. (Romney did slightly worse with them nationally, 71-27.)
However, whites vote differently. Romney won the white vote in California, but only 53-45, while carrying whites nationally 59-39. In Texas he won the white vote 73-26.
