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"I need to be an American first": John King hears South Texas voters weigh Paxton

CNN's All Over the Map travels from a Corpus Christi bar to Kingsville, where a shop owner says fear of immigration enforcement has emptied the streets.

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Why this story? One of CNN's most watched videos since yesterday, with 544,987 views.

Why TX voters say this election 'feels different' | All Over the MapWhy TX voters say this election 'feels different' | All Over the Map

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  1. 0:08Democratic volunteers phone-bank at the Nueces County party office in Corpus Christi.
  2. 2:36Republican Richard Contreras says he is "80% not voting for Paxton" and wants to be "an American first."
  3. 4:08King notes Democrats last carried Texas for president in 1976, for senator in 1988 and for governor in 1990.
  4. 5:27Pastor Steve Martinez describes rising food, gas and electricity costs, and reactions to ICE enforcement.
  5. 7:20A canvasser knocks on doors for Democrat Vicente Gonzalez in working-class neighborhoods.
  6. 8:44Kingsville shop owner Daisy Alcazar says fear has emptied the streets and forced businesses to close.

John King sits down with four voters, two Democrats and two Republicans, at a Corpus Christi bar called Politics: Spirits & Games, and opens with a simple request: "Raise your hand if you think things need to change."

The answers anchor CNN's latest All Over the Map, a report from South Texas a week before the midterms. The video has drawn about 545,000 views since yesterday, making it the network's second most watched new upload.

The sharpest doubts come from the Republican side of the table. Richard Contreras is uneasy about , the state's attorney general since 2015 and now the party's nominee for the Senate. "I need to be an American first," Contreras says, before putting himself at "80% not voting for Paxton." Fellow Republican Milton Reyna, who owns a bar, shares some of that hesitation. Across the table, Democrat Adelita Cavada says she has seen young people "more excited this time, online, in person."

King sets out the history behind the question in the title. Democrats have not carried Texas in a presidential race since Jimmy Carter in 1976, and their last statewide wins for senator and governor came in 1988 and 1990. The report covers both parties' campaigns: Democratic volunteers phone-bank in Corpus Christi, and a Republican House Speaker addresses a small crowd at the Brewster Street Ice House.

In Robstown and Kingsville, the focus shifts to food bank lines and household bills. Pastor Steve Martinez of Kingsway Family Church lists food, gas and, lately, electricity as growing strains, and describes how his community has reacted to aggressive enforcement. Volunteer Cristina Alvarez knocks on doors for Democrat Vicente Gonzalez in a congressional district stretching about 150 miles from Corpus Christi to the Mexican border.

The report ends at La Pale, Daisy Alcazar's frozen fruit shop in Kingsville. "There's a lot of fear in the community," she tells King. She says that fear has emptied the streets, cut into business and forced closures. "When there's fear in the community, it paralyzes you."

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The facts
Channel
CNN
Subscribers
20,000,000 ▲ 100,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
145,468,325
Channel views, pace per day
24,443,728 (on a normal day: 17,881,833)
Video published
October 25, 2026
Video views so far
700,944 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day
272,407

The numbers

The figures below show how John King's Texas report has performed among CNN's new videos since yesterday.

subscribers
20,000,000
▲ 100,000 in the last 7 days
total views
22,098,475,651
views per day
24,443,728
typical day: 17,881,833
the video
views
700,944
likes
4,482
comments
1,433
days online
2
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
BBC News
20,200,000
CNN
20,000,000
ABC News
19,900,000
Fox News
15,500,000
Inside Edition
13,800,000
Vox
12,700,000
As of October 27, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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