Hispanic voters were key in powering Democratic midterm wins

Hispanic voters were key in powering Democratic midterm wins Latino voters were key in delivering wins to Democrats on Tuesday as majority-Hispanic counties that voted for President Donald Trump by wide margins in 2024 flipped blue. Counties where Latino citizens make up a majority of the voting-age population shifted 28 points toward Democratic Senate candidates who flipped seats in deep-red states. All 10 of the counties with the biggest swings leftward were majority-Hispanic, with nine being in Texas and one in Kansas. Majority-Hispanic counties in Texas moved 34 points left. That swing was even more dramatic in some South Texas counties in the borderlands, such as Starr County, a 96 percent Latino county that shifted 72 points leftward. Seward County, Kansas, saw one of the most dramatic shifts of all majority-Hispanic counties nationwide, swinging to Democrats by 52 points.