Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman who nearly won a U.S. Senate seat la...
NEW YORK - Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman who nearly won a U.S. Senate seat last year in the reliably conservative state, is struggling in his White House bid and has lost support from young voters and minorities, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos national poll.
During the same time, other leading Democratic presidential candidates saw their support increase. The poll found 31% of Democratic and independent voters would vote for former Vice President Joe Biden, 14% supported U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and 9% backed U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
But political analysts said his numbers are moving in the wrong direction at a time when the Democratic Party is making it harder for candidates to get on the national debate stage. In last year’s Texas election, O’Rourke did not need to work very hard to get the attention of liberal voters when he was the only Democrat in the race, Jones said.
According to the poll, Democrats considered Biden the best presidential choice for each of those priorities. The former vice president for two terms under President Barack Obama also outperformed other candidates in a theoretical general election matchup with Trump: 50% of registered voters said they would back Biden, while 36% would vote for Trump.
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