CA is weird that is a high population dark blue along the coast with a lot of the rest of CA red. Given how bad Harris did with Hispanics, it possible some of the mixed areas flipped to red this time. Trump picked off 2 Texas border counties that have voted Democrat religiously since something like 1886.
The shift in the Hispanic vote to Trump should be terrifying to Democrat party strategists
The shift in the Hispanic vote to Trump should be terrifying to Democrat party strategists
The thing about Hispanic voters, particularly those who have lived in America for a few generations now and speak English at home is that they consider themselves more closely aligned with whites.
A 4th generation Tejano in El Paso who owns an HVAC company and a nice house in the suburbs, with two daughters at Texas A&M and a son in the Marine Corps has nothing in common with some tattooed gangbanger from Venezuela who just hopped the border and is breaking into houses.
The Democrats don't see this. They see no difference between the two.
Those counties on the Texas Mexican border have been impacted the most by illegal immigration. Those counties are Hispanic and legal Hispanics majorities. They have voted democrat for many years. It has impacted them in the extreme. They voted Republican. They are pissed off about what illegal immigration has done to them.
Those counties on the Texas Mexican border have been impacted the most by illegal immigration. Those counties are Hispanic and legal Hispanics majorities. They have voted democrat for many years. It has impacted them in the extreme. They voted Republican. They are pissed off about what illegal immigration has done to them.
Hispanics will follow the path that Italian Americans followed. As they assimilate, substantial numbers will go with the Republicans.