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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Democratic hopes were dashed in Texas
VoxBiden won the Hispanic vote by 19 points this year, according to the exits, but thats down from Hillary Clintons 27-point margin in 2016. A number of heavily Hispanic counties in the Rio Grande Valley shifted toward Trump: Zapata County, to name one, broke for Trump by 5 points with most of the expected vote counted after Clinton won it by more than 30 points in 2016. The presidents share of the countys vote jumped from 33 percent to 52 percent in his reelection bid.
In 2020, the Democrat also lost several counties Val Verde, Jim Wells, Frio among them that Barack Obama, Clinton and Beto ORourke had won in previous elections.
Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, a politics professor at the University of Texas, told the Texas Tribune that Biden underperformed with Hispanics because he wasnt as well known to them as Hillary Clinton and the Covid-19 pandemic limited his campaigns voter outreach.
The Trump campaign, on the other hand, pushed ahead with its ground game, despite the public health crisis, and it paid off.
In 2020, the Democrat also lost several counties Val Verde, Jim Wells, Frio among them that Barack Obama, Clinton and Beto ORourke had won in previous elections.
Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, a politics professor at the University of Texas, told the Texas Tribune that Biden underperformed with Hispanics because he wasnt as well known to them as Hillary Clinton and the Covid-19 pandemic limited his campaigns voter outreach.
The Trump campaign, on the other hand, pushed ahead with its ground game, despite the public health crisis, and it paid off.
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Why Democratic hopes were dashed in Texas (Original Post)
brooklynite
Nov 2020
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JI7
(89,283 posts)1. The Lack of on the ground campainging is the most likely reason . But there wasn't much we could do
Republicans don't care what happens to their volunteers and voters.
gay texan
(2,485 posts)3. i will say this
In the rural area out where i'm at, it would be extremely dangerous. Low intelligence and guns go hand in hand out here.
SouthernCal_Dem
(852 posts)2. So ignoring the pandemic and putting people at risk pays off
America is a broken country.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,112 posts)4. That's pretty much the message