Stop Saying Latinos Are Turning Republican. The Progressive Future Runs Through Texas | Opinion Antonio Arellano
, Senior Political Strategist On 5/11/21 at 8:00 AM EDT
We Texans are used to hearing our state caricatured by Northerners as a desert full of swaggering cowboys, big oil and corrupt conservative politicians. But recently, there s been a new addition to the list of tropes: the elusive Latino vote.
Ever since the 2020 election, pundits have had a field day talking up the supposed erosion of Latino support for Democrats. Don t be misled. While it s true that there was some shift in the Latino vote towards Republicans, those of us who live and labor in Texas are experiencing a groundswell of new, young, liberal engagement, promising a different trajectory is already underway.
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