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It's hard to admit you voted for Trump in 'the Mexican Beverly Hills'

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Downey, a suburb southeast of downtown Los Angeles , has become a landing spot for upwardly mobile and wealthy Latinos .

Like many other parts of the middle- and working-class southeast county , it has seen a shift in support toward Donald Trump .

Trump didn't win any precinct in Downey outright, but he narrowed the gap between himself and Democratic rivals.

"These numbers should be a wake-up call for Democrats ," professor says.

For most of Downey 's history, it was a white farm town, then a hub of the aerospace industry.

A third of the residents are foreign-born and the city has a strong Cuban community.

City officials say Downey residents value their institutions and don't want to see them threatened.