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NEW YORK TIMES:
An Earthquake’ Along the Border: Trump Flipped Hispanic South Texas
Donald J. Trump’s biggest gains anywhere were along the Texas border, a
Democratic stronghold where most voters are Hispanic. He won 12 of the
region’s 14 counties, up from five in 2016.
Trump Flipped Hispanic South Texas
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/us/texas-border-latinos
"Nowhere in the United States have historically Democratic counties
shifted so far and so fast in the direction of former President Donald
J. Trump as they have in the Texas communities along the Rio Grande,
where Hispanic residents make up an overwhelming majority...
In recent elections, the region’s mix of sprawling urban centers and
rural ranch lands that had been reliable Democratic strongholds for
generations were beginning to turn red...
Then on Tuesday, Mr. Trump brought South Texas and the border region
firmly into his column, taking 12 of the 14 counties along the border
with Mexico, and making significant inroads even in El Paso, the
border’s biggest city. In 2016, Mr. Trump carried only five of the
counties...
One of the biggest swings came in Starr County, a rural area of 65,000
people dotted with small towns where sections of border wall have been
rising, incomes are low and many travel long distances to jobs in the
West Texas oil fields. The county flipped Republican on Tuesday, backing
Mr. Trump by about 16 percentage points. He lost the county to Hillary
Clinton by 60 points in 2016...
On a sweltering Thursday in the border city of Roma, voters who
supported Trump said they had done so mostly for practical reasons, and
out of a concern over uncontrolled immigration...
Fabiola Rodriguez, 28, a single mother of two children, said just going
to the grocery store had become a painful experience. When Mr. Trump was
president, she said, she was able to fill her shopping cart for about
$250. Now, she spends $300 for a cart that is less than half full...
“I don’t take my children to the grocery store because I know I won’t be
able to afford what they want,” she said.
She also feared that Vice President Kamala Harris would be unfriendly to
the oil and gas industry, which draws many workers from places like
Roma. She blamed the Biden administration’s policies in support of
renewable energy for cuts to her father’s and her brother’s working
hours in the oil fields..."
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