I talk about Tarrant a lot because I also am in Tarrant county!
What stopped the blue trend in Texas this year was mainly right leaning White college educated suburbanites coming back to GOP in places like Tarrant/Denton/Collin and even in Harris county and Hispanics shifted right slightly.
Hispanics didn't shift right in Texas this cycle as much as I was really hoping for.
It seems Beto being at the top of the ticket actually helped with Dems retaining a large share of the Hispanic vote.
Beto is actually Irish and still many Hispanics in Texas think he is one of them.
Hispanics didn't shift right in Texas this cycle as much as I was really hoping for.
It seems Beto being at the top of the ticket actually helped with Dems retaining a large share of the Hispanic vote.
Beto is actually Irish and still many Hispanics in Texas think he is one of them.
Hispanics are ethnically insular so to make inroads, the GOP needs to run good Hispanic candidates, especially along the RGV. It’s too bad that Mayra Flores lost her re-election but it was to be expected. Her seat was redistricted from a swing seat to a safe D district, so she was going to lose in anything but a red tsunami, which didn’t happen.
That’s true. And he speaks his choppy Spanish on ads (I’m fluent due to years of working in Spanish speaking areas). I do remember a local talk show host responding to concerns that Biden won Tarrant county saying it was just Trump. Like you said, the right leaning suburbanites would vote for “generic Republican” but not for Trump or someone tied to him
I talk about Tarrant a lot because I also am in Tarrant county!
What stopped the blue trend in Texas this year was mainly right leaning White college educated suburbanites coming back to GOP in places like Tarrant/Denton/Collin and even in Harris county and Hispanics shifted right slightly.
Hispanics didn't shift right in Texas this cycle as much as I was really hoping for.
It seems Beto being at the top of the ticket actually helped with Dems retaining a large share of the Hispanic vote.
Beto is actually Irish and still many Hispanics in Texas think he is one of them.
Hispanics are ethnically insular so to make inroads, the GOP needs to run good Hispanic candidates, especially along the RGV. It’s too bad that Mayra Flores lost her re-election but it was to be expected. Her seat was redistricted from a swing seat to a safe D district, so she was going to lose in anything but a red tsunami, which didn’t happen.
That’s true. And he speaks his choppy Spanish on ads (I’m fluent due to years of working in Spanish speaking areas). I do remember a local talk show host responding to concerns that Biden won Tarrant county saying it was just Trump. Like you said, the right leaning suburbanites would vote for “generic Republican” but not for Trump or someone tied to him
Right leaning suburbanites are even voting for based Ken Paxton who I thought was too Trumpy for them.
Paxton only won in 2018 by like a 3.5 margin.
This year it was 9.5.
It seems the suburban voters of Texas specifically only hate Trump and Cruz.