This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats' Latino Woes: Reading, PA, Latinos

[LeftInTX]

4. I agree. Which district was lost, may I ask?

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I live in a very Latino area. (South Texas, primarily Mexican-American). East coast Latinos are a different culture than down here.
We don't have Puerto Ricans. (Or we have very few. A friend of mine said that PRs retain some of their island political affiliations and are "hard to read politically".)

I consider everyone pretty much "working class", even if they aren't. Even if they are above average, most come from working class roots.


My DIL recently became a financial planner and she was considering voting for Trump. (Taxes etc)

My husband told her: "You came from foster care and you are where you are because the state paid for your college education. Don't forget your roots". She voted for Kamala. She's glad that she did because she sees the disaster.

I don't know if my Latina daughter, who very likely voted for Trump knows about the "Gulf of America". (She rarely votes and is married to a tech bro) She's very apolitical and voted on election day. Her GOP hubby must have dragged her to the polls. At least that's what I think happened. She hates politics mainly because she's still rebelling against me.

Overall the Latino population is center left, but sorta conservative. They can be swayed to the right. There are also alot of veterans, border patrol, and law enforcement. Also I think all these homeless people, shoplifting gang stories, immigrant influxes worked against us.
I really think Biden let in too many. I don't support all these deportations, but we had all these immigrants from Venezuela who were sleeping in people's yards. There were so many immigrants that there was nowhere for them to go. It was really crazy.

City opens holding facility at airport as hundreds sleep outside overflowing migrant center

https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-international-airport-migrant-holding-facility-resource-center-arrivals/

According to data from Catholic Charities, 7,811 migrants arrived at the MRC during the week of September 24

I've lived here over 40 years and have never seen anything like this. My friend who grew up here, drove down the street and was shocked. It sorta reminded me of after the Mexican Revolution, when thousands came escaping. Of course, I wasn't alive then.