With Beto O'Rourke apparently about to enter the Presidential race, it's a good time to consider how he did so well in that 2018 Senate election. Patrick Ruffini of Echelon Insights recently published some detailed data on Twitter which I think are quite interesting. The main takeaways are below. I was particularly struck by the findings on persuasion vs. turnout. The key to O'Rourke's excellent performance was apparently persuading folks to vote for him, rather than simply getting more Democrats our to vote.
✅ Turnout leaned slightly right of ‘16.
✅ Backbone of Dem ‘18 voter surges: Whites in metros and young voters.
✅ Stronger Latino turnout than in CA or FL
✅ Dem gains entirely persuasion- (not turnout-) based
✅ Backbone of Dem ‘18 voter surges: Whites in metros and young voters.
✅ Stronger Latino turnout than in CA or FL
✅ Dem gains entirely persuasion- (not turnout-) based
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