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Republican Win in McAllen, TX Is Great News for GOP, Harbinger of Massive Trouble for Dems: City that flipped the mayoral race is 85% Hispanic with a Democrat mayor
Red State ^ | 06/06/2021 | Nick Arama

Posted on 06/06/2021 6:48:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

One of the things about the 2020 election that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves is how much of the Hispanic vote President Donald Trump picked up.

As I previously reported, a study of the data by Catalist showed that a majority of Pres. Trump’s supporters in the 2020 election were women and people of color.

According to the data, Trump gained across all demographics, all racial and gender groups, except white men where he lost only a percentage point. The share of Trump voters who were women or people of color in 2020 was 57.2%, up from 54.8% in 2016, with a 7-point gain among nonwhite women, a 4-point gain with nonwhite men, a 1-point gain with white women. While Democrats still won the majority of the Hispanic vote, Trump got a big increase of eight points in the share that swung to him. In 2020, Trump pulled in 11% of the black vote, again an increase of 3% over 2016.

Democrats can see the data. It’s one of the reasons they fear Trump and the attraction of his policies, particularly his economic and immigration policies.

Now there’s more evidence of Republican policies pulling more Hispanic voters to the GOP, with some great news late Saturday out of Texas.

Republican Javier Villalobos just won the election for mayor of McAllen, Texas in a big surprise. He’s a GOP county chair.

Holy cow… Republicans just flipped the mayorship of McAllen, Texas.

This was not expected and shows Hispanics in South Texas may have shifted with the GOP even post Trumphttps://t.co/bFOMpNcNrS

— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) June 6, 2021

Villalobos defeated Veronica Whitacre — in a close race — in a city that is 85% Hispanic. McAllen is in Hidalgo County, which went to Joe Biden by 17 points. So, that’s a big thing.

One has to wonder if, in this border community, more people were rejecting the Democrats because of the failure of Joe Biden to do anything to deal with the crisis there, and the harm and stress it’s putting on those towns.

Former Trump 2020 campaign adviser Steve Cortes suggested it was part of a demonstrable realignment of Hispanic voters to the Republican cause.

Amazing news! McAllen, Texas is a major border town of 140,000 people. 85% Hispanic — and just elected a Republican mayor.

The macro realignment accelerates in South Texas, and elsewhere, as Hispanics rally to America First:

Strong Borders
Economic Nationalism
Pro-Police pic.twitter.com/6sJPciZaJt

— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) June 6, 2021

The result is pretty stunning historically in that county.

McAllen, Texas (Hidalgo County):

2008: Obama +39

2012: Obama +42

2016: Hillary +41

2020: Biden +17

2021 mayor: GOP +3

— Jewish Deplorable (@TrumpJew2) June 6, 2021

Now, even Democrats are getting that they may have a problem. Sawyer Hackett, who worked for Texas Democrat and 2020 presidential primary loser Julian Castro, warned his fellow Democrats if they didn’t pay attention and do something about it, they were in “serious trouble.”

A GOP county chair just won a race for mayor of McAllen, Texas, a city that’s 85% Latino. Hillary won the county by 40 points.

If the Democratic Party doesn’t get serious about Latino outreach, we’re in big trouble.

— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) June 6, 2021



TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: election; mcallen; republican; texas
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1 posted on 06/06/2021 6:48:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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2 posted on 06/06/2021 6:49:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The question is what kind of “Republican” won?


3 posted on 06/06/2021 6:49:39 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The chattering classes can talk all they want.
The 2020 election was stolen, unfair and round.
I am open to them proving me wrong.
Don’t think they can.
Ain’t no way Basemnet Biden got 80 million legitimate votes.
The Republic is not lost however.


4 posted on 06/06/2021 6:52:05 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: SeekAndFind

The TX ballot does not list parties of the candidates running for mayor or city council.


5 posted on 06/06/2021 6:54:49 PM PDT by Theodore R. ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

85% Hispanic, blue stronghold. So they didn’t deploy their election fraud machinery. Won’t happen again.


6 posted on 06/06/2021 6:55:48 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan (Eleutheromaniac)
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> So they didn’t deploy their election fraud machinery. <

They don’t care about mayoral races or county commissioner races. The big test will come in 2022. If a D state elects an R senator, then I’ll be impressed.


7 posted on 06/06/2021 7:04:16 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: SeekAndFind
… rejecting the Democrats because of the failure of Joe Biden to do anything to deal with the crisis there, and the harm and stress it's putting on those towns.

President Rutabaga didn't fail, he succeeded in creating the crisis. You don't see him doing anything to lessen the crisis.

8 posted on 06/06/2021 7:06:06 PM PDT by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!)
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To: dfwgator

That is the REAL question!
Voting in a GOP-e Republican is not a step forward.
It is continuing the path of destruction began by Bush41


9 posted on 06/06/2021 7:12:04 PM PDT by Zathras
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Read that he’s an open border guy. Hopefully he’s better than a Dem but if he wants to flood America with foreigners than he’s just an assistant democrat


10 posted on 06/06/2021 7:29:18 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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McAllen, Texas (Hidalgo County):

2008: Obama +39

2012: Obama +42

2016: Hillary +41

2020: Biden +17

So Biden WAY underperforms in a Dem stronghold, but he managed to get more votes than any other candidate in history?

STOLEN ELECTION!


11 posted on 06/06/2021 7:33:59 PM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: Jane Long; luvie

Ping.


12 posted on 06/06/2021 7:50:05 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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yeah, TX Republicans should have boycotted the election. that worked out well for us in GA.

loosing the senate seemed to make you happy.


13 posted on 06/06/2021 7:51:08 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: Army Air Corps; Arrowhead1952; NYTexan; mylife; Eaker; TheMom; laurenmarlowe; El Gato; RebelTex; ...
Good news for McAllen and for Texas! Liberal tears are delicious!


14 posted on 06/06/2021 7:54:31 PM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American)
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To: dfwgator

Exactly. Anything but a pro-Trump Republican is just a Democrat spelled differently.


15 posted on 06/06/2021 8:08:22 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Army Air Corps

Love it!!


16 posted on 06/06/2021 8:21:18 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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“loosing the senate seemed to make you happy.”

Yea, I do wonder whose side they’re on - clearly not our side, if they wanted to lose Georgia.


17 posted on 06/06/2021 8:41:25 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I hope that this happens nationwide.


18 posted on 06/06/2021 8:42:43 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Except Dems have already corrupted the vote counting machines.


19 posted on 06/06/2021 8:44:45 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: luvie

Yes. Liberal Tears Bump!


20 posted on 06/06/2021 8:45:11 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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