(Newsweek) Donald Trump successfully flipped the most Hispanic county in America, which was one that had not voted Republican for more than a century.
In what has been dubbed “the greatest political comeback in history,” Trump has reclaimed the White House after victory in several swing states pushed him over the 270 Electoral College threshold he needed.
As final results are still pouring in, it is clear that Trump has overperformed his 2020 results across the map, including in Starr County, Texas, where he has become the first Republican presidential candidate to win since 1892.
The county is considered the most Hispanic in America with around 97 percent of its population identifying as such, according to TexasCounties.net 2020 data.
Trump won the county with 57.7 percent of the vote, over Harris’ 41.8 percent, according to the University of Houston’s tracker of statewide races. This result is as of Wednesday, with 99 percent of the vote counted.
Newsweek has contacted teams for Trump and Harris, via email outside of working hours, for comment.
Trump won Starr County TX, most Hispanic county in America at 97% by 16 points.
Last time it voted republican was in 1892.
— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) November 6, 2024
In 2020, President Joe Biden won the county with 52 percent of the vote and in 2016, Hillary Clinton won with 79 percent of the vote.
The flip comes after the CEO of the Latino Donor Collaborative, Ana Valdez, previously told Newsweek Latino voters could be pushed away by controversial “garbage” comments made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally.
Hinchcliffe caused controversy for the Trump campaign after he branded Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” and said Latinos “love making babies.” In response to the comments from the comedian, Trump senior adviser Danielle Alvarez said the “joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”
STARR COUNTY, TEXAS HASN’T VOTED REPUBLICAN SINCE 1892!
“Welcome to America!” – @RealJamesWoods pic.twitter.com/qJ2zXu2OD9
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) November 6, 2024
