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As a matter of fact. even in those communities where it did not win. it received a substantial plurality. A poll taken by the Los Angeles Times. right after the election. asked voters why they supported proposition 187. Nearly 80 percent of the initiatives supporters said it was to send a message to Washington. More than half said they hoped this would force Washington to do something about illegal immigration. Less than 2 percentbelieve it or notcared for the specific measure that denied education to illegal children in that now infamous initiative. I did not support that measure. but the message was unmistakably clear.