{"id":27874,"date":"2021-10-13T15:45:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T22:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colef.mx\/elmuro\/?p=27874"},"modified":"2021-10-13T15:45:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T22:45:43","slug":"a-candidate-for-mixtecos-in-the-republican-heartland-by-david-bacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colef.mx\/elmuro\/a-candidate-for-mixtecos-in-the-republican-heartland-by-david-bacon\/","title":{"rendered":"A candidate for mixtecos in the republican heartland | By David Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MADERA, CA – Alejandro Santiago picks wine grapes and packs them into boxes.\u00a0 He is a Mixteco indigenous migrant from Coatecas Altas, Oaxaca, and lives in Madera.\u00a0 He wears a mask because of the coronavirus pandemic.–Copyright David Bacon<\/em>


Madera County has been a stronghold for decades for the Republican Party in California’s San Joaquin Valley.\u00a0 Billboards this fall lined rural highways, urging the recall of Governor Newsom, pasted over peeling Trump\/Pence posters.\u00a0 If Newsom’s fate had rested on Madera County he would no longer be governor – sixty percent of county voters went against him.\u00a0 Fifty six percent went for Trump in 2020, slightly more than 2016.\u00a0 In fact, the last Democratic Presidential candidate to win the county (barely) was Jimmy Carter in 1976.

But in the city of Madera, the county seat, changing demographics are producing political challenges to a conservative order.\u00a0 That seemingly solid majority does not reflect the demographic reality of the county’s 156,000 residents.\u00a0 Almost 60% of county residents list their origin as Hispanic. African Americans, Native Americans and Asian Americans make up another 10%. \u00a0 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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LOS BANOS, CA – Equipment yard with U.S. flags and rightwing signs put up by the Madera County Republican Party, calling for recalling Governor Gavin Newsom.\u00a0 Older signs urge votes for Trump and Pence.–Copyright David Bacon<\/em>



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