Analysis: Beto O’Rourke’s voter-enthusiasm sales pitch isn’t as strong as he thinks
Beto O'Rourke at a meet-and-greet Sunday in Las Vegas. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow March 25 at 4:20 PM Former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke’s still-young campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination has so far been defined by two things — a predilection for standing on tables and an energetic base of support.
“We got to be part of something absolutely transformational for our state, for me personally, for everyone who got a chance to be part of our democracy,” O’Rourke said. “Young-voter turnout in Texas in 2018, up 500 percent from the last midterm. Turnout in the state approaching presidential-year turnout.”
While the scale of that young-voter surge was bigger in Texas than nationally, the pattern of higher turnout from younger voters relative to 2014 was similar.
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