Last year, Texas triggered the nationwide redistricting battle at President Donald Trump’s behest. As the midterm election approaches, Texas’ new congressional map may backfire on Republicans.
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According to PBS, the Texas redistricting effort largely banked on the GOP maintaining the gains they made with Latino voters in the 2024 election. There’s just this small, growing problem that Latino voters are increasingly turning against the Republican Party. PBS News spoke to Mario Guerrero, a member of the South Texas Builders Association and a three-time Trump voter.
“Right now, if you’re a Republican candidate, at least in South Texas, a lot of the people that I speak to, which are business owners, if you have the stamp of a Republican on you, it doesn’t look very good,” Guerrero told PBS.
Raul Guajardo is a three-time Trump voter from McAllen, Texas, who told Reuters that Trump’s handling of the economy has had him double-thinking his vote. Despite steady incomes, he and his wife are currently living paycheck to paycheck because of rising prices.
“I used to be a conservative, far-right,” Guajardo told Reuters. “I’m more open than ever before to vote Democrat.”
Guajardo doesn’t appear to be alone in this feeling. A poll from Cook Political and TelevisaUnivision found that Latinos in Texas favor Democrat candidates over their Republican opponents by a 2-1 margin.
One thing that I can’t help but roll my eyes at is Latino voters being surprised at the indiscriminate immigration raids by the Trump administration. The administration told you off jump what they wanted to do, and nothing about Trump’s history suggests he knows how to do anything with nuance. Guerrero told PBS that while he wanted stronger borders, he wasn’t prepared for the economic impact the indiscriminate immigration raids would have.
Source: Texas Redistricting Effort Could Backfire On Republicans
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