Beto will have similar problems with connection with Latinos and Blacks. Minority vote looked large in TX, but Cruz still did good among Latinos. That's why Booker and Harris gets the buzz.
But, he is no Sanders or Dean
I actually disagree. O'Rourke is from El Paso, Texas. He represented it. He may very well have the best possible appeal to Hispanic/Latino voters of the potential Democrats (even the ones that are Hispanic/Latino themselves). But maybe that's just the inkling I get. I can't really be that sure.
Well, here’s O’Rourke’s national primary support among the racial subsamples according to the Morning Consult poll:
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=306692.0https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000167-0957-def8-a56f-89d7a3f30000whites: 8%
blacks: 7%
Hispanics: 15%
other race: 15%
So at least in the one national Democratic primary poll with crosstabs that we have for O’Rourke so far, he does better with Hispanics than he does with other racial groups. It’s so early though that that may mean very little though.