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According to Pew Research Center, "More than eight-in-ten Republicans (84%) say the nation should impose tighter restrictions on immigration, compared with about six-in-ten Democrats (58%)."
That doesn't seem like "everyone" to me, unless you count 16% of Republicans and 42% of Democrats as "elite."
Okay, so it's not "everyone", but it's a majority.
So you have a majority of voters wanting something, a politician saying he will deliver, the politician has wide support... and this all makes the voters irrational because... uhm... because neuroscience explains that the voters actually have emotions, oh the horrors!
I suppose next time I care about something, I should vote for a politician who promises the exact opposite, so that no neuroscientist can suspect me of being a helpless victim of my own opinions. /s
I think we have some slippage of concepts here. The majority of voters want tighter restrictions, but only half agree with Trump's position on a ban on Muslim migration.
From the article you linked:
I don't believe any other Republican has supported the ban, so that the issue is an overwhelming win for Trump in the Republican Party.
Yup, agreed it's a win for him in the Republican party.