Politics is a dynamic, changing system.
What worked well in the 80s or the 90s didn't work well later because the state (and the country) changed in the meantime.
And yet trump and his secure the border message still is resonating
“Politics is a dynamic, changing system.”
The more it changes, the more it stays the same.
Are you suggesting prop 187 would not pass today ?
AZ SB1070 anyone?
In my political activism I find People are basically the same today as in 94... and 64. Cable TV, internet, social media are different. There are some changes in how to reach and communicate with people. But people are still basically the same.
Example: To understand those of Mexican heritage get the Hollywood movie FOR GREATER GLORY with Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria. That movie is set in the 1920s. But it perfectly explains the various approaches Mexicans bring to politics.
I took a heavily Hispanic Chicago suburb that went 55% for Gore and swung it 65% for the anti-corrupt establishment extreme right wing slate in 2001. I got 100% of the Hispanic vote (except 1 Puerto Rican on welfare).
But in 2002 the establishment ran from governor an extremely anti-Hispanic candidate. 100% of Hispanics in my suburb would not vote for him (including my wife and 3 daughters).
I left the suburb and turned the conservative lead over to the wife of the local Black pastor. She delivered 87% for the extreme conservative slate. She got 100% of the Hispanic vote, which was much larger by then. She also did much better with the Black vote than I had.
Conclusion: Conservatives can get the Hispanic vote in many, but not all situations. It takes hard work and brains, just as it does to get anyones vote.