Democratic early voting turnout in Texas high
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Turnout during the 11 days of early voting in the Texas Democratic primary was higher than the Democratic turnout during the early voting period in recent midterm elections and outpaced Republican early turnout this year.
Why it matters: The turnout points to high interest in the race at the top of the Democratic ballot: U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) vs. state Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin) for U.S. Senate.
- Republican turnout has lagged far behind GOP turnout during early voting in recent previous elections. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is locked in an expensive reelection battle with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and polling indicates the race is likely headed to a runoff.
The latest: It's Election Day and the final chance to decide Republican and Democratic candidates in November for federal, statewide and local races.
State of play: Democratic turnout tends to be lower than Republican turnout during the partisan primaries in Texas.
- Early voting totals for this year's primaries show Democratic voter turnout (7.22%) one percentage point higher than Republican turnout (6.22%).
Zoom in: In the most populous counties of North Texas, Republican turnout was highest in Denton County (9.27%). Democratic turnout was 7.26%.
- Turnout in the Democratic primary in Dallas (11.98%) and Tarrant (9.46%) counties outpaced Republican voting, 6.62% in Tarrant and 4.16% in Dallas.
- Collin County's votes haven't been entirely tallied yet but Republican turnout was around 4.9% and Democratic voting was 4.7% as of Monday afternoon.
The fine print: Percentages include in-person voting and mail-in ballots tallied during early voting.