Red tide: Fall River flipped Republican for first time in a century. How did Trump do it?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : But in the last few elections the city has been gradually shifting to the right -- or, more specifically, to Trump.
48% : Fall River's Republican turnout has been slowly increasing in the last three decades, but took a major leap when Trump entered politics.
45% : She claimed registered Democrats and independents came over in waves once Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Trump joined forces.
41% : Out of the 30,806 votes cast in the city, Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris won 14,726, and Trump garnered 15,230."I don't know," Costa said in disbelief over Trump's victory.
39% : "She said Trump exemplifies modern Republican views.
39% : "In coordinating local rallies, Churchill said she met many people who were too "nervous" about about publicly supporting Trump with a lawn sign but promised to "secretly vote" for him.
35% : Instead, Trump took 16 out of 27 precincts, including many working-class neighborhoods.
28% : Costa said Trump and the Republican party have refused to deal with immigration comprehensively.
24% : Churchill said she spoke with a Fall River resident who supported Harris, but as the conversation took off decided for herself that "Kamala is not the party for pro-life, Trump is," Churchill said, "and she ended up switching parties.
19% : Despite the often harsh tone Trump took on the campaign trail, repeatedly calling political opponents and critics "the enemy within" that he told Fox News might be "very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military," Churchill said Trump is "open to working with many Democrats.

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