Talarico draws a packed campus rally, but can he win over young voters?

Democrat James Tallarico is hoping these students and people like them send him to Washington. But if you look beyond this rally, you'll understand why that might be a challenge. I'm at Texas A&M in College Station, and this county itself voted for Donald Trump by almost 25 points back in 2024. So a college stop doesn't automatically mean friendly territory for a Democrat here in Texas. But I gotta say, the turnout for this Tallarico event was incredibly packed. There had to have been almost 2,000 people here. We're talking students, people from the community who showed up, and it was quite a bit more packed compared to the Ken Paxton event that I attended in Abilene just a few days ago. And these young Tallarico supporters who I talked to had plenty to say about why they want to send him to the U.S. Senate. I really love Tallarico and his views. I just think that he just has the right idea about bringing everyone together. I really like his stance on affordability. I think he's like one of the only people I've seen like Like caring about actual like Texans instead of like big business. I really agree with the Tallarico stance and the fact that he's not taking APAC money, I think really shows the sincerity and shows that, you know, at least like he's a good person. You know, he's not someone who's, you know, able to be manipulated by money. And that's what makes this stop interesting. In a statewide election, he doesn't have to win this county to benefit from winning more votes here. If anything, it would just help narrow that Republican advantage in the long game. But young voters aren't just one political bloc. I talked to a young lady who actually works at Texas A&M earlier today and she said she's backing Republican Ken Paxton. I really value the beliefs in the Republicans and what they are striving to do and just going by the values and the faith and praying about it. For James Tallarico, the test goes beyond just drawing a crowd, which today we saw he could do. The test is, can he convince these young Texans that he understands their lives and could make them objectively better?