organized. even he couldn t believe the turnout. i was expecting 15-20 cars max, he recorded. the reason he wasn t expecting more cars is because it is not exactly a republican stronghold. hillary clinton defeated donald trump in stark county texas by 60 points. that is definitive. but things changed and they changed fast. in the span of just 4 years, stark county texas moved from deep blue to almost red. donald trump finished within just 5 points of joe biden. that is a swing of almost 50 points. and the numbers are even more dramatic. donald trump lost in 2016 by 33 points. last november, he easily beat joe biden. these are big changes and we are seeing them all along the rio grande valley through the southern border of mexico. we are looking at these numbers and trying to figure out what they mean. the most amazing thing, the thing that leaps out at them immediately is that they are overwhelmingly hispanic. starr county is overwhelmingly hispanic. so, how could hispanics s
even he couldn t believe the turnout. i was expecting 15-20 cars max, he recorded. the reason he wasn t expecting more cars is because it is not exactly a republican stronghold. in fact, just four years before in 2016 election, hillary clinton defeated donald trump in stark county texas by 60 points. that is definitive. but things changed and they changed fast. in the span of just 4 years, stark county texas moved from deep blue to almost red. donald trump finished within just 5 points of joe biden. that is a swing of almost 50 points. and the numbers are even more dramatic. donald trump lost in 2016 by 33 points. last november, he easily beat joe biden. these are big changes and we are seeing them all along the rio grande valley through the southern border of mexico. now onto the geniuses looking at these numbers and trying to figure out what they mean. the most amazing thing, the thing that leaps out at them immediately is that they are overwhelmingly hispanic. starr county
jonathan, i think one of the things that this election demonstrated was that voters just one competent, come leadership. they just one competent, calm leadership. in state after state, where democrats won, whether they were challengers, or they were incumbents, the contrast between calm, competent leadership, and crazy, and sort of hateful stuff was it couldn t be dramatic. and especially played out in swing states in the course of this. i think that the voters are not looking for some huge, big thing and the next two or four years. they just want to get out there every day and not feel like they are going to turn on their tv and crazy is going to come at them. if i were advising any leader today, just calm, competent leadership, incremental steps in the moment we are in, and prove out to voters why they were trusted in this election that they were right to trust them in this election. but you just described joe biden. i was going to say the same
have had this one battle over democracy, we have been pulled back from the brink. to your point about the battles ahead, we are going to see those battles quick in the next congress no matter who is in the majority and how narrow that majority is. i am just wondering, what does that mean for governing, especially in the house? jonathan, i think one of the things that this election demonstrated was that voters just want competent, calm leadership. they just one competent, calm leadership. in state after state, where democrats won, whether they were challengers, or they were incumbents, the contrast between calm, competent leadership, and crazy, and sort of hateful stuff was it couldn t be dramatic. and especially played out in swing states in the course of this. i think that the voters are not
about, then, now that we have this one battle over democracy, and we ve been pulled back from the brink, to your point about the battles ahead, we re gonna see those battles right quick in the next congress. no matter who is in the majority in how narrow that majority is. i am just wondering, what does this mean for? governing especially in the house? well, i think, jonathan, one of the things that this election demonstrates is that voters just want competent and calm leadership. they just want confidence, calm leadership. where democrats won, whether they were challengers or incumbents, the contrast between, calm competence leadership and crazy and sort of hateful staff was completely dramatic. especially, a point, out in swing states in the course of. this voters are looking for some huge programmatic things in the next two or four years.