By Rachel Uranga | LA Times
Downey, a suburb about 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, has become a landing spot for upwardly mobile and wealthy Latinos, so much so it has been dubbed “the Mexican Beverly Hills.” And like many other parts of the middle- and working-class southeast county, the so-called Gateway Cities, it has seen a shift in support toward Donald Trump.
Trump didn’t win any precinct in Downey outright, but he narrowed the gap between himself and his Democratic rivals.
In Downey, Trump gained 18.8 percentage points in November compared with the 2020 presidential election, which saw a record turnout. Other cities in the southeast county moved even further right, though Democrat Kamala Harris still maintained a solid lead. The Trump bump between the two elections was 28.6 points in Bell, 27.3 points in Bell Gardens and 24.1 points in Huntington Park.
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