SAN ANTONIO — Donald Trump is once again the president-elect, clinching the win overnight.
Though Kamala Harris won Bexar County, it was by a closer margin than in recent elections.
Statistics put out by the Texas Tribune show this margin of difference compared to other counties in Texas. Bexar County shows closer numbers when it comes to who voted for both candidates than other large counties.
"I voted for Trump," Bexar County Republican voter Toby Ramirez said.
The same as nearly 45% of Bexar County, according to the Texas Tribune.
“He is what I want my government, for my country to be."
Ramirez’s sentiment is something Javier Oliva, a political professor at UTSA, said got many Hispanic voters in the county out to vote for the now president-elect.
Pushing that gap of voters between Harris and Trump to be much smaller than other larger counties like Dallas and Travis who saw less voters for trump than those for the vice president.
“I think there was some Hispanic support through particularly the Catholic Church, which is predominant in Bexar County, which is not so in Dallas," Oliva said.
“This is my country… this is my children’s country, and I want to keep it for us," Ramirez said.
Oliva also said lower Democratic voter turnout in Bexar County could have played a role in this smaller margin.
“The more people vote, the more it’s going to be blue Democrat," Oliva said.
Bexar County election officials said voter turnout was lower this election than in 2020.
Oliva said Trump received more votes in Bexar County this time around.
“And Kamala Harris got 40,000 less votes than Joe Biden in Bexar County,” Oliva said.