Most of the country saw modest shifts in vote margin from 2016 to 2020. The Texas border stands out for the intensity and breadth of the pro-Republican shift. Miami is also attention getting, but here we focus on Texas.
It isn’t that the Texas border counties gave majorities to Trump. Most didn’t. But the swing in these counties, many with large Hispanic populations, was unexpected. CONTINUED
Charles Franklin (Marquette Law School), PollsAndVotes
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