Trump’s Texas Map Was Meant to Add Five Republican Seats. Then Latino Voters Moved Back
An NBC News exit poll found 60% of Latino voters backed Democrats, helping them hold and flip seats Republicans had targeted.
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Latino voters are flipping districts that Republicans handed to them. A strategist explains why this isn't love for the Democrats.
Trump’s Texas Map Was Meant to Add Five Republican Seats. Then Latino Voters Moved Back
Trump pushed Texas to draw up to 5 more Republican seats. The new map left some of them vulnerable when Latino support shifted toward Democrats. Texas Republicans drew congressional districts around Donald Trump’s 2024 gains with Latino voters.
Republicans' attempt to boost their presence in the House of Representatives by redistricting Texas could be detrimental to the party. Donald Trump's decline in popularity among Latino voters, with 18% of those who voted for him in 2024 now withdrawing their support, is creating new realities in three critical districts in the state's south. The narrowing of traditional margins of superiority makes the seats vulnerable to Democratic candidates.
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