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Republican political operatives, candidates, and elected officials tell Fox News Digital that the trend of Hispanic voters gravitating toward the Republican Party is changing the political landscape in Texas and making the GOP relevant in counties along the southern border which have been Democratic strongholds for decades.
An NPR Marist poll released last week shows that 52% of Hispanic voters would prefer a Republican candidate over a Democratic candidate in the November midterms and Wayne Hamilton, who runs Project Red Texas, told Fox News Digital that polling trend is very much evident in Texas thanks to the unfolding crisis at the border and the Democratic Party taking Hispanic voters in South Texas for granted.
Migrants are seen at the Rio Grande near the Del Rio-Acuna Port of Entry in Del Rio, Texas, on September 18, 2021.
(International Bridge, whPhoto by Charlie C. Peebles/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
HOW REPUBLICANS ARE WINNING OVER HISPANIC VOTERS IN TEXAS: ‘DEMOCRAT POLICIES ARE FAILING THEM’
“South Texas is as diverse of a place as you could imagine and going around saying that because someone has a Hispanic surname that they’re a Democrat, like most people outside of Texas and most in the media do is just blatantly racist, Hamilton told Fox News Digital. “Hispanics are individuals. They think for themselves.”
Thinking for themselves, Hamilton says, is why former President Trump saw an increase in support from Texas Hispanics in 2020 compared to 2016 largely because of the crime stemming from illegal immigration that has plagued border counties in South Texas where 90% of voters are Hispanic.
“What’s happening is the people are seeing the chaos that the Democrats have caused up and down the border by the crazy policies that they have,” Hamilton said.
Hamilton says Republicans are increasingly active in Texas competing in areas where Democrats have previously ruled unopposed. Project…
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