What could be behind the Central Valley's switch from Joe Biden to Donald Trump

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Central California appeared to crook reddish arsenic voters delivered much than fractional a cardinal votes for President-Elect Donald Trump, putting the summons up passim the region.

Trump and J.D. Vance are starring successful San Joaquin County, Stanislaus County, Merced County, and Fresno County.

Voters successful each of those counties backed President Biden conscionable 4 years ago.

Now, they are down President-Elect Trump.

"Basically, it's the economical issue," Fresno State governmental subject prof Thomas Holyoke said. "It's inflation."

"Harris didn't look to truly talk to the issue. So successful frustration, radical look to person turned to Donald Trump for a 2nd try," helium added.

Political advisor Henry Perea says President-Elect Trump's connection astir the system reached Central Valley Democrats, too.

"I deliberation you had a batch of Democrats, I deliberation you had a batch of Republicans coming unneurotic and saying possibly we bash request to spot thing antithetic successful our region," Perea said.

President-Elect Trump's enactment successful the Valley comes arsenic voters decided connected cardinal measures statewide.

They decided to get pugnacious connected transgression by passing Proposition 36, rejecting raising the minimum wage and upholding forced labour successful prison.

"On the economical issues, they were not successful favour of rent control," Holyoke said.

"Of course, connected the different hand, they did o.k. 2 precise costly enslaved issues and enshrined, you know, the close to matrimony mostly for each kinds of radical successful the California Constitution."

California predetermination results volition not beryllium certified for weeks. In Fresno County, officials are inactive moving done astir 95,000 vote-by-mail ballots.

Holyoke says Democrats are typically much apt to ballot by mail.

However, this year, Trump besides encouraged his supporters to ballot early.

"Probably retired of the ballots that are yet to beryllium counted -- astir apt a bully information -- possibly the bulk are Democrats," Holyoke said.

"I don't deliberation Fresno County volition flip backmost bluish again, but I deliberation the spread volition close."

Holyoke says that if President-Elect Trump does not rapidly present connected his economical promises, his Central California supporters could wantonness their support.

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