Early vote totals down 4% in Texas compared to 08.

[Skink]

Does that mean the republicans weren't motivated enough?

[kwenu]

1. Interesting!

I wonder if there will be any surprises/progress for Democrats.

[1-Old-Man]

2. Generally early voting favors Democrats

[Brother Buzz]

6. Traditionally, early voting always favored republicans

Old, retired conservative voters, the purple hair women and change jingling men, overwhelmingly voted absentee.

[EC]

7. No.

Early voting favors Dems. Absentee is repub.

[Brother Buzz]

8. Well, I stand corrected

Fact is, early voting is a new concept to this old fart as I only learned of it recently. In my pea brain, I simply lumped absentee and early voting together.

[EC]

9. A lot of people do, No worries... n/t

[MissMarple]

10. We have "mail-in" ballots, and our city elections are all mail-in.

Some people opt for all mail-in ballots, and many still go to the polls for state and national elections.

[EC]

11. I wish.. n/t

[sadbear]

3. My teabagger congressman ran unopposed this year.

I'm guessing for many republicans in Texas, they're so confident their nominee will win the state that the only elections that matter are downticket.

[redqueen]

4. Oh yes, please let that be it.

I live in a deep red area and haven't seen many bumper stickers or yard signs at all.

*crosses fingers*

[BouzoukiKing]

5. That is interesting.

Bookmarked.

I'll take a look at all the totals, sliced and diced, after they're all in.

Couldn't really speculate though. Could be any number of things. But... interesting.