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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocratic Early Turnout Has Doubled In Texas
https://politicalwire.com/2018/03/03/democratic-early-turnout-doubled-texas/"SNIP.........
With one day of early voting to go, turnout in the Democratic primary had nearly doubled since the last midterm election in 2014, the Dallas Morning News reports.
In contrast, early voting for the Republican primary is up just 18%.
Political experts attribute much of Texas increased voter turnout as a reaction to the election of President Trump in 2016, as well as the states eight open congressional seats.
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Democratic Early Turnout Has Doubled In Texas (Original Post)
applegrove
Mar 2018
OP
The last few election cycles, our early turnout has always looked good aaaaaaaaaaand ....
dawg
Mar 2018
#1
and the GOP vote from 2016 is down 33% - some 230K voters whereas Dems went up.
sunonmars
Mar 2018
#3
dawg
(10,621 posts)1. The last few election cycles, our early turnout has always looked good aaaaaaaaaaand ....
somehow we still get killed on election day.
It's a little spooky, to be honest.
John Fante
(3,479 posts)2. +100% turnout for Democrats vs +18% for the Cons is
unheard of in recent elections, especially in Texas.
The last time we saw such discrepancies in a mid-term election was 2006, when we handed the Grand Wizard Party their asses.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)3. and the GOP vote from 2016 is down 33% - some 230K voters whereas Dems went up.
John Fante
(3,479 posts)4. I saw those numbers in another thread. In Texas, that is remarkable.
GOP voters are despondent, no question about it.
Gothmog
(144,876 posts)5. For this thread