The hyped-up rise of the red-capped MAGA Latino, much like the "red wave," failed to materialize in last week's midterm elections.
Despite the national media's obsession with portraying Latinos as drifting toward the Republicans, exit polls from last week's elections show that Latinos remain mostly aligned with Democrats. Young Latinos, one of the nation's fastest-growing groups, are even more reliably blue.
In Texas, where Republican Gov. Greg Abbott had vowed to win half of the Latino vote, his support among Latinos shrank two points to 40% even though he won. Abbott's immigration fearmongering turned off Latino voters, especially along the border where a majority know better and where the Democratic candidate, Beto O'Rourke, outperformed him.
