Early Voting In Texas Counties Leans Democratic

After early voting, Democratic turnout in Texas has topped GOP turnout. It exceeded 2016 levels of Democratic primary turnout and more than doubled early turnout from the 2014 midterms.

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The counties included are the ones that the Texas Secretary of State’s Office had available for the past eight years: Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, Bexar, Travis, Collin, El Paso, Denton, Fort Bend, Hidalgo, Montgomery, Williamson and Galveston. They include the 12 most populous counties in Texas, and in total they make up about two-thirds of the population of the state.

Source: Texas Secretary of State

Credit: Hilary Fung and Jessica Taylor/NPR