Texas Voter Turnout in 2018 in Comparison

In the last post I mentioned the Texas Tribune's article on voter turnout. Here's a spread sheet that lists voter turnout (VEP) in 2014 and 2018 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Texas was second worst in voter turnout in 2014 and worst among the states that elected governors in the election. Voter turnout is better, but Texas is still near the bottom. The states are arranged by voter turnout in 2018 from highest to lowest. Can Texas ever best Minnesota?

State	2014 Turnout	2018 Turnout	Difference
Minnesota	50.6	64.3	13.7
Colorado	54.7	62.9	8.2
Montana	47.5	62.0	14.5
Wisconsin	56.9	61.7	4.8
Oregon	53.4	61.5	8.1
Maine	58.7	60.2	1.5
Washington	43.1	58.9	15.8
North Dakota	45.0	58.6	13.6
Michigan	43.2	57.8	14.6
Iowa	50.3	57.7	7.4
Vermont	40.8	55.9	15.1
Georgia	38.6	55.0	16.4
Florida	43.3	54.9	11.6
Virginia	36.6	54.8	18.2
Massachusetts	44.7	54.6	9.9
New Hampshire	48.3	54.6	6.3
Alaska	54.8	54.6	-0.2
Connecticut	42.5	54.4	11.9
Missouri	33.6	53.6	20.0
Maryland	42.0	53.5	11.5
South Dakota	44.7	53.4	8.7
New Jersey	32.5	53.1	20.6
Nebraska	41.4	51.8	10.4
Ohio	36.2	51.5	15.3
Utah	30.3	51.4	21.1
Illinois	40.8	51.4	10.6
Pennsylvania	36.5	51.3	14.8
Delaware	34.9	51.1	16.2
Kansas	43.3	51.1	7.8
Idaho	39.8	50.1	10.3
North Carolina	41.1	49.6	8.5
California	30.7	49.5	18.8
Arizona	34.1	49.1	15.0
Wyoming	39.7	48.7	9.0
Kentucky	44.9	48.6	3.7
Rhode Island	42.4	48.0	5.6
Alabama	33.2	47.5	14.3
Nevada	36.6	47.5	10.9
New Mexico	35.4	47.3	11.9
Indiana	28.3	46.9	18.6
Texas	28.3	46.3	18.0
South Carolina	35.2	45.2	10.0
Louisiana	44.9	44.8	-0.1
Tennessee	29.8	44.7	14.9
District of Columbia	35.7	43.8	8.1
Oklahoma	30.0	42.5	12.5
West Virginia	32.0	42.5	10.5
New York	29.0	42.1	13.1
Arkansas	40.3	41.4	1.1
Mississippi	29.0	40.7	11.7
Hawaii	36.5	39.3	2.8

Source: Texas Tribune and US Elections Project, http://www.electproject.org/