Gaining steam, Sanders forecasts win in Texas

[TexasTowelie]

Bernie Sanders barnstormed across Texas over the weekend, holding rallies in El Paso, San Antonio, Houston and culminating Sunday evening in Austin, celebrating his commanding victory in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses as a harbinger of what’s to come in Texas and beyond on Super Tuesday on March 3.

“My God there are a lot of people here tonight,” Sanders said gazing out at the vast throng assembled at Vic Mathias Shores, which the campaign estimated at 12,700. “I cannot believe how many people there are here. It’s amazing.”

“This is the most consequential election in the modern history of our country,” Sanders declared, saying that the outpouring of support in his four weekend rallies affirmed his confidence that, “We are going to win and win big in Texas.”

“We are not going to have Trump for another term,” Sanders said.

“The pundits tell us Texas is conservative state. I don’t believe that for a minute,” said Sanders, who said Texas will emerge from 2020 as one of the most progressive states in the nation.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20200223/gaining-steam-sanders-forecasts-win-in-texas

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[sheshe2]

1. OMG

He is gonna win Texas for us! He alone can do it!!!!!!

[denem]

7. We are SAVED! Walking tall with the Saints!

[sheshe2]

8. Hallelujah

[dalton99a]

2. FWIW 55,000 people came out for Beto on Sept. 29, 2018.

Same location

[TexasTowelie]

4. I have friends in one of the bands that played for the event.

After reading the comments on Facebook, I'll put it like this--more of the respondents were turning out to hear the band than to hear Bernie.

[sheshe2]

9. ...

[Progressive2020]

3. Purple Texas?

The Urban Vote, the Youth Vote, the Latino Vote, etc. may well help turn Texas from a red state into at least a purple one. Demographics are changing, and it favors Democrats, I think. Cities like Houston are vibrant and diverse and are representative of a new Texas. So, I think that Bernie is smart to put a lot of effort into Texas. It is about mobilizing the vote. If we turn out more than they do, we could have a Democratic victory in Texas in November.

[TexasTowelie]

5. We would have a better chance with Beto than Bernie. nt

[Danmark]

10. You are right

He sure put Ted Cruz a way didn't he.
Just saying .

[TexasTowelie]

13. Beto has received the largest percentage of voters in Texas

for any Democrat this century. When Wendy Davis ran for governor in 2014 she only received 38.9% of the votes. Four years later, Beto received 48.3% of the vote against an incumbent senator and Cruz had to spend a small fortune to hold onto his seat.

I would say that closing the Democratic vs. Republican gap in off-year elections by nearly ten points is an impressive feat. Let's see if Bernie can get 48.3% of the vote in the primary or the general election if he is fortunate enough to be nominated.

[Garrett78]

14. That's partly due to us having record-breaking turnout in 2018.

Every single major racial and ethnic group had the largest increase in turnout from one midterm to the next (in this case, 2014 to 2018) in US history. And the age group that increased turnout the most from 2014 to 2018 was the 18-29 age group.

[NYMinute]

6. lol n/t

[McTwisty]

11. Red states don't count.

or White ones, or any that he wins

[AlexSFCA]

12. Texas is one of the most progressive states in the country?

Good politics, I guess. Keep electorate excited.