2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum20% of Travis voters have cast ballots in unprecedented early voting
10 p.m. update: In total, 21 percent of registered Travis County voters have already cast their ballots in the first four days of early voting.
The final tally showed that 32,780 people showed up to vote Thursday. Thats lower than the first three daily totals, though still a robust turnout.
With Thursdays turnout, the total number of Travis County residents who have now voted so far has reached 154,232.
These numbers are unprecedented. Travis County elections director Michael Winn said this seasons early voting turnout could potentially surpass the total turnout rates of previous elections before Election Day even arrives.
Three hours after polls closed, Williamson Countys final Thursday numbers were not yet in, but voter turnout was at 18.8 percent just in the first three days.
http://www.statesman.com/news/local-govt--politics/travis-voters-have-cast-ballots-unprecedented-early-voting/497GiVXvs8d2nEqqBCPI7M/
TexasTowelie
(111,313 posts)I don't know what the implications of Williamson County voting is though. However, it is usually Republican territory. There has been an influx of younger voters there--and then there are some fellow alumni from Southwestern University that also live there and they are reliably liberal based upon the Facebook comments that I read.
tanyev
(42,360 posts)Not sure what to make of that.
Gothmog
(144,005 posts)There is also some speculation that Collin County could be a good place for the never trump GOP types to vote against trump.
There's certainly not much enthusiasm for him here. I'm seeing very few yard signs or bumper stickers. We'll find out on the 8th.
LisaL
(44,962 posts)Usually TX has low voter turnout.