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Kent County, the hometown of former President Gerald Ford, has nurtured elite Republican figures for decades. However, its status as a GOP stronghold has been eroding, in part because of demographic shifts. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, the county saw a 10 percent increase in its Hispanic population.
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