Early Voting in Texas
Early Voting began on Monday in Texas. The Secretary of State publishes the early vote totals for the 15 counties with the largest number of registered voters each day during the twelve days of early voting. After the first day of early voting, 575,941 had been cast (either in-person voting or by-mail voting) in those fifteen counties. The total exceeded the early votes cast in the 15 counties in 2008 by 229,253 votes, and the total votes cast in 2012 by 196,998. The graph below compares voting in the 15 counties in 2008, 2008, and 2016: 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 vot...