Last November, in defiance of a broad, national failure for Republicans, the nation looked in shock to Ron DeSantis’ staggering gubernatorial re-election. In part, the story was Florida, once considered a “swing state” now firmly in the red. But much of the punditry’s conversation fell on a single city — Miami, the hispanic capital of America, which tipped Republican for the first time in memory. For years, the hispanic vote was considered a lock for Democrats, which was itself considered the obvious reason for the left-wing’s growing anti-border sentiments. So what was going on in Southern Florida?

Republicans have now begun to celebrate a trend they don’t understand. Alex Perez is a Cuban American writer from Miami, and the editor Real Clear Books. Today, he sets the record straight in this fascinating Sunday feature.

Viva!