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NCTraveler

(30,481 posts) Thu Mar 1, 2018, 04:36 PM Mar 2018

Texas Democrats' early voting totals should 'shock every conservative to their core,'

AUSTIN — Early voting for the March primary is more than half over, and Democrats have outpaced Republicans at the polls on each day.

Through Sunday in the 15 Texas counties with the most registered voters, 135,070 people had voted in the Republican primary and 151,236 in the Democratic. Compared with the first six days of early voting in 2014, Democratic turnout increased 69 percent, while Republicans saw a 20 percent increase.

The Democrats even surpassed their early voting totals from the 2016 primary — a presidential election year.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018-elections/2018/02/26/texas-democrats-early-voting-totals-shock-every-conservative-core-abbott-email-says

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Texas Democrats' early voting totals should 'shock every conservative to their core,' (Original Post) NCTraveler Mar 2018 OP

Blue Texas! Exotica Mar 2018 #1

Best image ever!!! Dem_4_Life Mar 2018 #2

Make it so... Wounded Bear Mar 2018 #3

I am seeing a great deal of energy in Texas Gothmog Mar 2018 #4

Exotica

(1,461 posts)

1. Blue Texas!

Reply to NCTraveler (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 04:38 PM

Mar 2018

Dem_4_Life

(1,765 posts)

2. Best image ever!!!

Reply to Exotica (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 05:43 PM

Mar 2018

WOHOO Texas!!!

I love my state.

Wounded Bear

(58,648 posts)

3. Make it so...

Reply to Exotica (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 05:54 PM

Mar 2018

Gothmog

(145,168 posts)

4. I am seeing a great deal of energy in Texas

Reply to NCTraveler (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2018, 08:19 PM

Mar 2018

We had a county executive committee meeting a couple of weeks ago. At the same meeting in 2016 we had thirty or so precinct chairs. This cycle we had 120+ people there. We have seen great turnout in the large counties during early voting so far

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Evidently early voting numbers in primaries are predictive of the turnout in the general election

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