Once a Democratic stronghold, now trending decisively Republican
Jim Wells County, anchored by Alice in South Texas, has shifted sharply rightward over the past decade — a pattern visible across majority-Hispanic counties along the Eagle Ford Shale corridor, where energy employment and cultural conservatism have reshaped voter coalitions.
Contextual statewide polling for Texas. County pages stay rooted in county returns, but live statewide polling helps frame the current cycle.