The Texas GOP made substantial gains during the Republican primaries in the the four counties that make up the state’s Rio Grande Valley.
The Texas GOP made substantial gains during the Republican primaries in the the four counties that make up the Lone Star State’s Rio Grande Valley,In Texas’s southernmost counties — Cameron, Willacy, Hidalgo, and Starr — where Hispanics “make up more than 90 percent of the total population,” Republicans improved turnout by leaps and bounds compared to the last midterm election in 2018.
Neighboring Starr County — where Trump went from losing by 60 percentage points to Hillary Clinton to losing by only 5 points to Joe Biden — had the most dramatic shift in South Texas percentage-wise. Only 15 votes were cast in the GOP primary in 2018, less than one percent of the votes cast. This year, it was 1,632 votes — 24 percent of the share of votes.reporter Patrick Svitek found that Republican turnout in the Rio Grande Valley is up 141 percent compared to 2018.
Most notably, the GOP Primary turnout in Starr County increased 7,160 percent and the Democrat primary turnout decreased over 49 percent from 2018. GOP turnout in Hidalgo County increased 113 percent, Willacy saw a 179 percent increase, and Cameron grew by 162 percent from 2018 as well.
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