Trump made big inroads with anti-socialist message in south Florida, Texas border counties

Former Vice President Joe Biden performed more poorly than expected in the presidential election among Latino voters in Florida and Texas, highlighting a weakness for Democrats with an important constituency for the party.
In Florida, Hispanic voters shifted markedly toward President Trump this year, compared with 2016, in several counties, including Miami-Dade, a bastion of Cuban-American voters, and Osceola, the heart of the Puerto Rican community in central Florida. The president captured 45% of the Latino vote statewide,…