On election night 2016, as Donald Trump was confirmed the improbable winner, CNN analyst Van Jones declared the outcome to be, “…a whitelash against a changing country.” Our own analysis, and that of other scholars, confirm that voters’ attitudes on immigration in 2016 were highly polarized along partisan and ethno-racial lines. …
In order to evaluate whether voters’ immigration attitudes remain racially divided, this analysis examines the results of the Latino Decisions July 2018 survey of 2,045 registered voters residing in 61 designated “most competitive” House districts. CONT.
Adrian Pantoja (Pitzer College), Latino Decisions
