# Voters of color powered Democrats' midterm sweep

> A memo obtained by TIME shows Hispanic and Black voters shifted sharply left, delivering the largest House popular vote margin since 1974.
- Title: Voters of color powered Democrats' midterm sweep · TIME
- Summary: A memo obtained by TIME shows Hispanic and Black voters shifted sharply left, delivering the largest House popular vote margin since 1974.
- Keywords: 2024 midterm elections, voters of color, hispanic voters, black voters, democratic party, tom bonier, simon rosenberg, south carolina primary, webb county, james talarico, TIME
- Source: TIME — https://time.com/article/2026/11/04/exclusive-democrats-memo-voters-of-color-blue-tsunami
- Author: Philip Elliott
- Published: 2026-11-04T21:53:44+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: 2024 midterm elections, voters of color, hispanic voters, black voters, democratic party, tom bonier, simon rosenberg, south carolina primary, webb county, james talarico, news, world
## The blue wave's true engine
Voters of color powered Tuesday's Democratic midterm victory, according to a memo obtained exclusively by TIME from veteran strategists Tom Bonier and Simon Rosenberg.

> Voters of color were the driving force behind the blue tsunami.
## Historic margins across demographics
Democrats are on track for the largest House popular vote margin in a midterm election since nineteen seventy-four. Every major demographic group shifted left, offering a rebuke of President Donald Trump.
## The scale of the shift
Hispanic voters moved twenty-eight points left from twenty twenty-four's presidential levels. Black voters moved nine points. Asian American voters moved seventeen points, according to analysis by Bonier and Rosenberg.
## South Carolina's new power
The DNC's decision to elevate South Carolina's primary to lead-off position for twenty twenty-eight now looks prescient.Twenty-six percent of South Carolina voters on Tuesday were voters of color, far more than Iowa and New Hampshire.
## Webb County's fifty-point swing
In Texas' Webb County, the Hispanic vote swung fifty points away from Republicans between Trump's twenty twenty-four tally and Sen.-elect James Talarico's win, showing Trump voters crossed over to support Democrats.

> 50-point swings don't happen on turnout alone.
## Key takeaway

Voters of color drove Democrats' midterm victory, with Hispanic voters swinging 28 points left and Black voters nine points, reshaping the party's 2028 strategy.