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This Texas border county backed Democrats for generations. Trump won it decisively.

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The dramatic realignment revealed Trump’s strength in a region now likely to be the backdrop to any crackdowns on migration.

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  1. Donald Trump flips most Hispanic county in America

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    This Texas border county backed Democrats for generations. Trump won it decisively.

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  1. New York Post

    Trump flips Texas border county with 97% Hispanic population that has voted Dem for 128 years (opens New York Post)

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    President-elect Donald Trump won a historic victory in Starr County, which has a 97% Hispanic population — ending a Democratic voting streak that began in 1896.

  2. Newsweek

    Donald Trump flips most Hispanic county in America (opens Newsweek)

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    The last time Starr County in Texas, which is 97 percent Hispanic, voted for a Republican presidential candidate was in 1892.

  3. Breitbart News

    Trump Carries 97 Percent Hispanic Texas Border County that Voted Democrat Since 1896 (opens Breitbart News)

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    Reports indicate that President-elect Donald J. Trump flipped a Texas border county that has voted Democrat in every presidential race since 1896. At 97 percent, the county is said to be the most Hispanic county in the nation. | Border / Cartel Chronicles

  4. WDIO Duluth

    A Texas border county backed Democrats for generations. Trump won it decisively (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    Republicans had a big night in South Texas, flipping predominately Hispanic counties along the US-Mexico border. The area has been a backdrop of Donald Trump’s promises for tougher border measures. In one county, the most Hispanic in the nation, voters hadn’t backed a Republican presidential candida…

  5. Green Field Reporter

    A Texas border county backed Democrats for generations. Trump won it decisively - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) — Jorge Bazán’s family has lived on the U.S.-Mexico border for generations and voted for Democrats as long as he can remember. He broke the family tradition this year and voted for Donald Trump because he doesn’t trust the Democratic Party’s economic policies.

  6. Anchorage Daily News

    This Texas border county backed Democrats for generations. Trump won it decisively. (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The dramatic realignment revealed Trump’s strength in a region now likely to be the backdrop to any crackdowns on migration.

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