Hispanic Americans cast their vote in historic numbers for Republican President-elect Donald Trump, flipping historically blue counties red.
According to an NBC national exit poll, 54 percent of Hispanic/Latino men went for Trump.
In Maverick County, a border region including Eagle Pass, 59 percent of the vote went to Trump while 40 percent went to Kamala Harris—a 19-point victory for the Republican. In 2020, the county vote went to Biden by 9.5 percentage points.
The county voted Republican down the ballot, choosing U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Congressman Tony Gonzales, and voted only for Democrat Eddie Morales for state representative.
Maverick County has about a 95 percent Hispanic population.
Webb County went 51 percent for Trump and 49 percent for Harris. The county voted for Democrat U.S. Rep. Colin Allred over Cruz but flipped the Texas House seat red for Don McLaughlin Jr. He is the first Republican in 20 years to win the seat.
Zapata County, part of the Rio Grande Valley, gave Trump an impressive win with 22 points over Harris. The county has approximately 95 percent Hispanic population.
Starr County granted Trump a 16 percentage point victory over Harris–making this election the first time in over 100 years the county vote went for a Republican.
Cameron County, Texas’ southernmost region, went 53 percent for Trump and 47 percent for Harris.
Hidalgo went red for Trump by three percentage points but stayed blue down the ballot. Former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores lost in a close race to Democrat Vicente Gonzalez.
Dimmit County did not flip for Trump but came close. In 2020, Biden won the county by 24 percentage points. This year, Harris only won by three points.
The top issue for both Democrat and Republican Latino voters was the economy, according to a survey by Pew Research. Immigration was also a top issue for Latino Republican voters.
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