Beto O'Rourke: “Out of the nearly 30,000 young people that we personally met…”

“And then I stay in touch with Cynthia every single day during early voting until I can confirm that she has cast her ballot. Trey, we ran this program in 2024. Out of the nearly 30,000 young people that we personally met on campuses...their turnout rate was over 79%. That same demographic, 18 to 29 year olds in the rest of Texas who are not in our program, turned out at a rate of 37 to 39%.” (40:32–40:45)

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