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Related: About this forumIn these four Texas counties, no one voted in the Democratic primary runoffs
By Alex Samuels, Texas TribuneVoter turnout in Tuesdays runoffs was abysmal. Fewer than 450,000 Texans cast ballots in the race, compared to 1 million that voted in the Democratic primary.
That trend was particularly clear in four small, rural counties King, Lynn and Hall counties in Northwest Texas and McMullen County in South Texas where not a single person voted in the Democratic runoffs. Each county had only one matchup on their May 22 ballots: the gubernatorial race between former Dallas County sheriff Lupe Valdez and Houston businessman Andrew White.
I was surprised, said Kendra Mergele, the elections clerk for McMullen County. I expected maybe one or two people to show up ... but were primarily a Republican county.
The same thing happened in Hall, King and Lynn counties all of which are also Republican-leaning. But the fact that no one came to cast a ballot in these small towns wasnt a shock to all local officials.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/23/texas-counties-no-votes-democratic-primary-runoffs/
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In these four Texas counties, no one voted in the Democratic primary runoffs (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
May 2018
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catrose
(5,076 posts)1. Overall, we did pretty well though
as seen here
At an Indivisible meeting this week, people were angry at the Tribune's coverage, which made it sound like everyone stayed home, eating Doritos.
At an Indivisible meeting this week, people were angry at the Tribune's coverage, which made it sound like everyone stayed home, eating Doritos.
TexasTowelie
(112,571 posts)2. I must admit that I didn't get to the polls
until about 30 minutes before they closed on Tuesday. I had the governor's race and the U.S. House race to replace Farenthold on my ballot, but I voted!
catrose
(5,076 posts)3. Still counts!
I was thrilled to see that I could have voted for an all-woman ticket! That's never happened before.