Since the number of registered voters increased significantly between 2008 and 2016 in the 15 counties, perhaps the better comparison involves the percentage of registered voters who voted rather than the total number of votes. Regardless, the increase, as depicted in the chart below, is impressive:
I will post the cumulative results daily as the Texas Secretary of State releases them. Could more than half of the voters in those 15 counties vote early in 2016?
The fifteen counties, the number of registered voters in each county in 2014 and 2016, the increase in registered voters, and the increase in each county as a percentage of the total increase in the 15 counties is shown in the table below:
County
|
Registered Voters 2016
|
Registered Voters 2014
|
Increase Between 2014 & 2016
|
Percentage of Total Increase
|
HARRIS
|
2,234,678
|
2,062,792
|
171,886
|
21.99%
|
DALLAS
|
1,287,171
|
1,203,513
|
83,658
|
10.71%
|
TARRANT
|
1,077,618
|
999,687
|
77,931
|
9.97%
|
BEXAR
|
1,045,360
|
957,110
|
88,250
|
11.29%
|
TRAVIS
|
725,041
|
655,056
|
69,985
|
8.96%
|
COLLIN
|
536,915
|
485,406
|
51,509
|
6.59%
|
DENTON
|
464,829
|
407,040
|
57,789
|
7.39%
|
EL PASO
|
428,320
|
403,979
|
24,341
|
3.11%
|
FORT BEND
|
404,038
|
363,147
|
40,891
|
5.23%
|
HIDALGO
|
338,563
|
318,772
|
19,791
|
2.53%
|
MONTGOMERY
|
311,882
|
281,496
|
30,386
|
3.89%
|
WILLIAMSON
|
299,960
|
271,612
|
28,348
|
3.63%
|
GALVESTON
|
208,228
|
191,961
|
16,267
|
2.08%
|
NUECES
|
199,468
|
190,179
|
9,289
|
1.19%
|
CAMERON
|
197,726
|
186,563
|
11,163
|
1.43%
|
9,759,797
|
8,978,313
|
781,484
|
Interestingly, the number of registered voters in these 15 counties constitute 64.63 percent of all registered voters in Texas (15,100,824).