“He’s honest and he’s genuine and is actually going to push for the policies he’s advocating for. “Sanders is the only candidate that I actually believe,” Arroyo said. Tuesday night - while she saw Biden as a continuation of the status quo. One attendee at the Sanders watch party, Maritza Arroyo, said Sanders speaks to a larger coalition of Texas voters - “the Hispanics, minority voters and the working class,” Arroyo recited around 11 p.m. The dismissive nature is exactly what has gotten the Democratic Party to this point.” “And what are fighting for is a system that is just and fair. “If they do that, that is what will make them not vote for Biden,” Martin added. In Texas, for instance, Sanders performed strongly in many areas dominated by the Hispanic vote, such as El Paso County and other counties along the border.ĭemocratic presidential candidate Joe Biden looks on as former candidate Beto O'Rourke speaks at a rally in Dallas. The promise of “Medicare for All,” the Green New Deal, free college tuition and marijuana legalization motivated many, while some pointed to the diverse coalition he has built nationwide. “The advantage we have this time that we didn’t have four years ago is that now we have a deep, deep understanding of how bad this current president is.”Īt the election night event, more than a dozen attendees, ages 25 to 65, gave varying answers for why they were supporting Sanders for the Democratic Party’s nomination. “There’s always going to be a vocal loud subset of supporters who are PO’ed their person didn’t make it,” said Harold Cook, a Democratic political analyst. Some political analysts have both acknowledged the generational gap in Biden’s support and downplayed its importance, arguing that the party will eventually come together to oust President Donald Trump. To be sure, it’s still a volatile race for the nomination Sanders could come out victorious, and no candidate so far has been able to amass an insurmountable delegate lead. Support and excitement among that same bloc is one of the biggest question marks surrounding Biden’s run if young voters are not excited by him, it could make it difficult for Democrats to be successful this fall.Īt the statewide level, Democrats are nine seats away from nabbing the majority. Ted Cruz in 2018 was driven, in part, by an organic effort from energized, young voters who turned out to the polls. The party is trying to replicate Beto O’Rourke-esque level excitement in November, but the El Pasoan’s near-success against U.S. Biden’s victory here was powered by the support of older, more moderate voters, key constituencies for Democrats and ones that polls show are overwhelmingly supportive of his candidacy.īut Texas Democrats this year have publicly acknowledged they need to expand their support if they want victories up and down the ballot. Former rivals Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar did the same. During a rally in Dallas on Monday, Beto O’Rourke endorsed Biden. “The DNC robbed the election from Bernie in 2016 and I’m tired of the status quo.”īiden’s win was a striking comeback, since days earlier Sanders’s campaign seemed as if it was on a runaway train to the Democratic nomination. “I would write in Bernie’s name,” he said.
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