BUT WHAT MATTERS IS THAT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS POPULAR AMONG THE ELITE: Most Americans Reject Race-based College Admissions. “A large majority of Americans—73 percent—say that neither race nor ethnicity should be factors in deciding which students are granted admission to colleges and universities. Only 7 percent think race and ethnicity should be major factors, and 19 percent favor allowing them to be light factors. The survey was conducted by Pew Research Center in January and February of this year.”

But it’s popular among the elite. So popular among the elite that, even when it’s banned by the voters, the elite just ignore the law and keep doing it.