Nearly 1 million people voted in Tuesday's Democratic runoff. The party says it's a sign of strength

[RandySF]

Voter turnout under 6% may not seem like an achievement for democracy, but it made Texas Democrats optimistic Wednesday as they look to break Republicans' statewide dominance this fall.

A total of 955,735 people — 5.8% of registered voters — cast ballots in Tuesday’s Democratic runoffs. That is more than double the amount of votes cast in the 2018 Democratic runoffs, when a race for governor was at the top of the ticket instead of a race for a U.S. Senate seat.

Party leaders said it was the highest raw number of votes cast in any Democratic primary runoff in Texas history. That’s in large part due to the growing electorate, however. Turnout for the 1994 Democratic runoffs, featuring a U.S. Senate race between Dallas millionaire Richard Fisher and former Attorney General Jim Mattox, was 8.3%, though the number of votes was 746,641.

On Tuesday, the voter turnout rate for the Democratic primary runoff reached 5.8%, which is more than double the percentage for the runoffs in 2018. In total, 955,735 voters showed up this year compared with 434,889 in 2018.



https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/15/texas-democrats-primary-runoff-turnout/

[Hortensis]

1. :) Great sign for the GE, when far more always vote.

Nothing new of course that those who vote are counted and those who don't aren't. Those who vote have always willy-nilly shouldered the responsibility for all those who won't take a stand.