# ‘Paycheck to paycheck’: Texas border voters shed parties amid economic woes

https://mins.news/en/item/123596

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-31 10:24 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/31/paycheck-to-paycheck-texas-border-voters-shed-parties-amid-economic-woes?traffic_source=rss

> Voters in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley are reconsidering their 2024 shift toward Trump as both parties compete for support. Residents cite tariffs, rising fuel and housing costs, and immigration enforcement as pressures on their livelihoods, saying neither party seems to help ordinary people.

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