Latino voters are the new 'free agents' of elections. Behind Trump's 2024 red wave

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : The younger Cantu described both tech mogul Elon Musk and Trump as "two great minds.
64% : Not just because it was the first time the Cantu duo had seen a launch, but because Trump was also in town to see the same launch.
60% : He's hoping that wages and the economy improve under Trump.
48% : "Over the past several election cycles, Trump and Republicans have made inroads in South Texas.
48% : But even as Trump promises mass deportations, revoking "temporary protected status," or TPS, and ending birthright citizenship, Chapa's support for the president-elect hasn't wavered.
47% : "Cantu has been an electrician for a decade and believes that Trump will do better at supporting workers than the current administration as high prices continue.
46% : He criticized migrants who were given cell phones by the U.S. government (Immigration and Customs Enforcement gave phones to some migrants, which have limited access to an app that allows officials to track them)
42% : Trump began closing the gap between Republicans and Democrats at the presidential level.
39% : But in the 2024 presidential election, Trump flipped all four counties that make up the Rio Grande Valley: Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron and Willacy.
20% : Democrat Hillary Clinton held the area by more than 30 percentage points over Trump in 2016, but President Joe Biden beat Trump in the region by less than half in most of the counties in the region in 2020.

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