there was a trivial swing in hispanic voters in the very south of texas (a traditional democratic area), who voted against kamala harris because they're bigoted catholics. they did not win trump the election in 2024 and they didn't win talarico the seat in 2026. it's a small, insignificant group of voters at the ass end of the country with backwards, catholic values systems that nobody should give the slightest fuck about.

in fact, it's probably not really about immigration. in this very small, isolated and alienated area, this was probably a vote for talarico because he has christian values (and isn't a black woman. the woman part is key. this region doesn't vote for women). historically, this region is extremely catholic and that's what they vote for - catholic values. they don't support secularism, they don't support liberalism, they don't support women, they continually support brutal immigration crack downs and they are not voters i would want to be in solidarity with, as a socialist.

the liberal media narrative is constantly grasping at straws. they can't find the data to suggest that the election had anything to do with immigration (except, perhaps, some data suggesting that republicans didn't see it as a replacement issue for abortion, in the end, and that it didn't get the vote out) so they just make it up.

the republicans could not get white, evangelical men out to vote for them at the levels that they did before abortion was overturned by the courts. there is a trend in this direction and it's been the cause of weakening republican results for the last several cycles.

opposition to ice may have galvanized democratic support in very blue districts, but there is no other area in the country besides a handful of counties in very south texas that flipped, and it was probably not even about immigration at all, but just a show of support for the more christian candidate, who was the democrat.

american voters would frustrate marx. but they are what they is, and they vote on social issues, dominantly, and that does make more sense in this context in real terms. neither the house nor the senate is going to do anything to cut the cost of living, and ice policy is at the executive level.

south texans angry about immigration policy - which are not going to be very many. hispanic texans generally support pretty brutal immigration policies. nobody sees their wages undercut by illegal immigrants more than texas hispanics. the illegals can't vote. - understand that they will need to wait for the next presidential cycle to cast a vote that can actually matter, in terms of affecting policy.