Starr County and the new politics of Texas border communities

Jeronimo Cortina, a political science professor at the University of Houston, and Perla Treviso, an investigative reporter with ProPublica, dive into the striking political shift in Starr County, Texas. They discuss how a historically Democratic area has swung to the GOP, driven by economic concerns and changing voter priorities. The episode also touches on grassroots initiatives that have influenced these shifts and challenges assumptions about Latino voting patterns, revealing the complex identities within border communities.