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Related: About this forumTexans Are Voting in Record Numbers. So Who's Voting?
AUSTIN, Texas More than 8.5 million Texans have already cast a ballot. But the question continues to be who's the high turnout benefiting?
Derek Ryan is a GOP voter data analyst and has been tracking the numbers. As of Wednesday, his data showed voters who most recently voted in a Republican Primary have about a 350,000 vote advantage over voters who most recently voted in a Democratic Primary.
Republicans are outnumbering people with previous Democratic primary history. What can we read into that? Its tough to say, he said. I think the interesting thing is that when early voting first started we saw a surge in people with previous Democratic primary history showing up to vote. They were obviously energized. And as weve gotten through early voting, the past few weeks, weve seen more and more people with Republican primary histories starting to show up.
Ryans data also shows 16 percent of people showing up to vote early have not voted in a previous general election in the last four election cycles.
Read more: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2020/10/30/texans-are-voting-in-record-numbers--so-who-s-voting--
msongs
(67,194 posts)vercetti2021
(10,150 posts)Texas doesn't show like party votes
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)That's how pollsters arrive a 'likely voters', by tracking previous primary votes.
RandySF
(57,651 posts)I have no idea who they are and the Trump campaign set out to register new Trumpsters.
TexasTowelie
(111,304 posts)My apartment can now be officially classified as a Democratic household since my right-wing brother didn't bother to register when we moved here over a year ago.
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)Having said that, TX may be turning, but have never thought it was in play...not this time.
carpetbagger
(4,383 posts)Brought out 2.8m Republicans, compared with 1.4m Democrats. We hit that number in 2008, but I bet that's not "recent". This it means little except that reliable GOp voters aren't staying home, which was never in doubt.