How the Support of Catholics Helped Donald Trump's Victory

[trotsky]

15. Actually, I do.

It's an unfortunate part of human nature that a lot of people want to "pull the ladder up" after they've reached a certain status. There were commentators who appeared on various TV programs prior to the election spouting exactly that attitude - remember the taco truck guy? They made it to the US and got citizenship; they didn't want more immigrants to follow and get what they did.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/hillary-clinton-wins-latino-vote-but-falls-below-2012-support-for-obama/

When asked about unauthorized immigrants, 78% of Hispanic voters said they should be offered a chance to apply for legal status, compared with 67% of whites and 82% of blacks.

Certainly more Hispanic voters than white voters wanted immigrants to have a chance, but not THAT much. That seems to be reflected in the final numbers.

Here's the kicker though -

Overall, 46% of Hispanics cited the economy as the most important issue facing the country, followed by terrorism (20%), immigration (19%) and foreign policy (11%).

Trump succeeded in blaming Democrats - the "establishment" - for the economic instability felt by many traditional Democratic voting blocs. Hispanic voters were unfortunately among those convinced - seeing that they too felt it was the most important issue.