{"entry":{"title":"California's Demographics Are Getting Ugly","date":"Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:00:00 -0600","author":"Joel Kotkin, New Geography","description":"
It's been nearly 20 years since California Gov. Pete Wilson won re-election by tying his campaign to the anti-illegal immigrant measure Proposition 187. Ads featuring grainy images of presumably young Hispanic males crossing the border energized a largely white electorate terrified of being overwhelmed, financially and socially, by the incoming foreign hordes.<\/p>","original_link":"http:\/\/www.newgeography.com\/content\/003398-californias-demographic-dilemma?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+about+places%29"}}