“People in Texas at least like Trump,” Zaid Jilani, a blogger who writes a political newsletter, posted on X. “If Crockett had any substance whatsoever on working people issues she’d make her campaign about that. Instead she’s going for Chris Hayes’s vote.”
Crockett is betting that the enthusiasm she can gin up among the party’s base as a well-known progressive fighter will galvanize turnout among Democrats and infrequent left-leaning voters, pushing her over the edge in the general election. Talarico’s approach, meanwhile, rests on both exciting the base and winning over potential crossover voters with his emphasis on economic populism, his Christian faith and his experience as a schoolteacher.
