Editing Tejanos (section)

== Politics ==
Historically, the majority of the Tejano population in South Texas had voted for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] since the first half of the 20th century. The [[2020 United States presidential election]] was considered a turning point in their political support, as part of a "[[Red states and blue states|red tide]]" for South Texas, where [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate [[Donald Trump]] performed better in areas associated with Tejano population than during former elections. [[Zapata County, Texas|Zapata]] was the only county that turned majority Republican from Democratic in South Texas, while [[Starr County, Texas|Starr County]] saw the strongest pro-Trump swing of any county in the U.S., a 55% increase compared to the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 election]].<ref name="Herrera">{{Cite web|last=Herrera|first=Jack|title=Trump Didn't Win the Latino Vote in Texas. He Won the Tejano Vote.|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/17/trump-latinos-south-texas-tejanos-437027|access-date=2021-09-30|website=POLITICO|language=en}}</ref>

Tejanos are noted to be more supportive of the Republican Party than other Latino populations in Texas. Politically, Tejanos have been compared to [[Cuban Americans]] and [[Venezuelan Americans]], who also disproportionately vote for Republican candidates among Latino voters. ''[[The New York Times]]'' attributed the relative success of Donald Trump among the Tejano community to concerns about regional economy, which is based on [[Natural gas in the United States|gas]] and [[Petroleum in the United States|oil]]. ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' described concerns about possible unemployment caused by [[COVID-19 lockdowns]] as another source of Republican Tejano support. Reporter Jack Herrera argues that Tejanos are culturally conservative and identify with Republican positions on [[Right to keep and bear arms|gun rights]], Christianity, and abortion.<ref name="Herrera" /> Also Tejanos are more likely to be [[Evangelical Protestants]] than [[Roman Catholics]], the latter denomination in which most Latinos across the US identify as being part of.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/2023/03/30/catholic-evangelical-latino-religion|title=Percentage of Latino Catholics eclipses white evangelicals in Southwest}}</ref>