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Texas 2020 Election |OT| Get Out The Vote Y'all
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Looks like we're going to steamroll through 30% 2016's turnout today.
Dallas County looking better after the questionable 1st day vote. Still have yet to cast mine. Will look to do it tonight or this weekend.
Yeah, Dallas turnout is looking good now. Can't compare to the Harris surge, but Harris was also starting from such a low base with its really weak turnout in previous elections, and Dallas didn't have the governor specifically picking a fight with it over voting rights the way Harris did. Turnout is looking good to great across the board, and stellar in Harris.
That and Dallas County is like half the population of Harris. But yeah either way good to see.
Also just got back from one of the polling places in Dallas County. People coming and going, but no line at all and in and out in a few minutes. +2 All Dem
Damn dude. Either I wasn't paying much attention in 2016 or this year people are super fired up about voting. Cray.
Between the Bucc-ees at Melissa that I always stopped at on my semi-regular work trips to Dallas pre-Covid and y'all pushing this hard to flip blue, have to say my respect for Texas is growing ever so slightly.
...Still can't say I like Dallas much, though, lol.
...Still can't say I like Dallas much, though, lol.
registered voters for 2018 gubernatorial was 15,793,257... or 1,162,262 million more voters than beto vs cruz which means texas is definitely in play.
if those new voters are 60% dem, that's +232,633 spread vs republicans... and beto lost by 214k votes.
though should add the whole caveat where not everyone who is registered is someone who will vote. like travis county at 97% voter registration... they still have trouble on GOTV despite the good numbers.
If the big cities have good turnout, texas will be blue.
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forgot to say i voted today. it was 1.5 hours which sucked, but better get it out of the way since i went first thing in the morning.
Always check your county elections website, but yes you should be able to. I think mine is open 7-7 tomorrow and like 1-6 on Sunday.
my county had saturday hours. If you arrive early enough you might only take 0.5-2 hours so I'd try it if you want to get it over with since election day is going to have even more annoying wait times.
This is awesome and keep in mind we get an entire extra week of early voting this year! The numbers will end up obliterating 2016 if they hold up.
That's wild. Do we know how many of those were newly registered between 2018 and now? I ask because Cruz beat O'rourke by ~220,000 votes two years ago... Not that it directly correlates. Just something to consider in all of this.
as of yesterday
114,532 in person
7,506 by mail
18.81% turnout
648,670 registered voters
edit: oh my god, you can actually look up people who voted? america you crazy man
So surprising to see so many people in Collin County. Ever see a giant black guy? It was probably me.
Thank you! I was hoping there was an official account tweeting the numbers like Houston and Dallas but guess not
this is where i went to
select 2020 november 3rd general election
then on the first one (early voting turnout) just select the most recent date available
sure it's not the day of but the info is all there
Travis County breaking records too
The 2016 Pres Elec Split was: 65.8 % voted Hillary and 27.1% voted Trump (Travis County)
sauce: https://countyclerk.traviscountytx....on_results/2016.11.08/Run12/20161108cume1.pdf
sauce: https://www.kxan.com/news/your-loca...t-voter-turnout-on-a-single-early-voting-day/
The 2016 Pres Elec Split was: 65.8 % voted Hillary and 27.1% voted Trump (Travis County)
sauce: https://countyclerk.traviscountytx....on_results/2016.11.08/Run12/20161108cume1.pdf
97% of eligible voters in Travis County are registered to vote. We're tiny compared to the larger cities (850k) but it's still pretty impressive.
Also gerrymandered to hell and back.
He is! (And it's also my district) but it's also gerrymandered (shocking) it basically takes a chunk out of Austin then stretches all the way to Houston and swallows up all the rural area in between.
The Travis county portions of the district swung it for Beto last election so.. here's hoping.
Dallas County, reporting in. I voted yesterday afternoon at Randolph Reed Center in Grand Prairie. There was no line. I was in and out of there in like 10 minutes.
Hope he pulls it out. Hopefully Dems get control of the Texas House too because if they don't redistricting is going to look even worse next year.
I don't have cable. Someone needs to promise to record the reaction on Fox News if Texas turns blue.
Curbside Larry is amazing, and teaching people how to vote from their trucks
After already showing you how to get books from the library
In Spanish too!
After already showing you how to get books from the library
In Spanish too!
Voted yesterday in Williamson Country. No line, but a steady trickle of people coming in. Apparently 30% of registered voters in WilCo have voted already.
They either ignore it which I'm betting on or it's all a conspiracy, shrug.
Looks like quite a few people are turning out to vote. Good.
Yeah, you just can't see who they voted for. Still a little nutty.
My sister actually got a thing in the mail from some organization telling her that she hadn't voted in the last couple of general elections.
Yeah, you just can't see who they voted for. Still a little nutty.
My sister actually got a thing in the mail from some organization telling her that she hadn't voted in the last couple of general elections.