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Jasmine Crockett: “They put 25% of the Democratic primary as independents.”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Published January 27, 2026 | Video Starts at 02:17

The other issue that we saw was that of the persons that they said would vote in the Democratic primary, They put 25% of the Democratic primary as independents. And we know that independents actually skew more so towards a demographic than that my opponent attracts, which is white men. (02:17–02:23)

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Asserts that the Emerson poll included 25% independents in the Democratic primary.

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