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sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 12:57 PM Oct 2018

Texas early vote stats are well like crazy phenomenal




Compared to the same time period in '14, voters under the age of 30 in Texas have increased their turnout by 508% (not a typo). Voters over the age of 65 in TX increased their turnout by 96%.




Hispanic voters in Texas have surged in early vote turnout by more than any other race/ethnicity, with a 214% increase. This is compared to a 165% increase among white voters.



We'll have a lot more data to share in the next 36 hours, including some numbers even more surprising than those I just cited in Texas.

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Something big is happening folks......

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Texas early vote stats are well like crazy phenomenal (Original Post) sunonmars Oct 2018 OP
Sounds promising... MineralMan Oct 2018 #1
interesting qazplm135 Oct 2018 #2
Good news. Keep on voting folks. It's time to take this admin and its thugs behind the ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #3
Beto is a phenomenal motivator. dalton99a Oct 2018 #4
By the looks of this, yes and Cruz should be very afraid. sunonmars Oct 2018 #5
From the appearance of this, sounds very promising. Need to see data. beachbum bob Oct 2018 #6
Same. Texas is a rough state, where Democratic turnout could explode, and they still don't win. bearsfootball516 Oct 2018 #7
It's Texas so....* awesomerwb1 Oct 2018 #8
Texas traditionally has very low voter turnout. kentuck Oct 2018 #9
Things may change.... sunonmars Oct 2018 #13
Why i have been saying polls are meaningless in TX this cycle JCMach1 Oct 2018 #10
if this is true, Texas could a big upheaval. sunonmars Oct 2018 #11
About Tom Bonier.... eleny Oct 2018 #12
Rumble rumble rumble grantcart Oct 2018 #14

SWBTATTReg

(22,130 posts)
3. Good news. Keep on voting folks. It's time to take this admin and its thugs behind the ...
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 01:02 PM
Oct 2018

tool shed or wash their filthy mouths out w/ soap. Gutter mouths who think that they can mock and belittle the rest of us Americans. Enough, I say.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
7. Same. Texas is a rough state, where Democratic turnout could explode, and they still don't win.
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 01:25 PM
Oct 2018

Turnout could be off the charts good for Beto, and Cruz still wins by 3 points because it's Texas. That's my fear there.

kentuck

(111,098 posts)
9. Texas traditionally has very low voter turnout.
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 01:26 PM
Oct 2018

When George W Bush defeated Ann Richards for Governor, the state-wide turnout was less than 30%.

When Texans stopped voting, Republicans took control of that state. It was once a Democratic stronghold, until Democrats stopped going to the polls.

JCMach1

(27,559 posts)
10. Why i have been saying polls are meaningless in TX this cycle
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 01:37 PM
Oct 2018

All polling is based on voter models based on past.performance... TX has had the worst turnout for decades... 508% is a huge, huge problem as is 200+% for latinos... Cruz is in BIG trouble

eleny

(46,166 posts)
12. About Tom Bonier....
Tue Oct 30, 2018, 01:46 PM
Oct 2018

"Tom Bonier has spent the better part of the last two decades working with campaigns in all 50 states on electoral targeting and strategic integration."
https://www.netrootsnation.org/profile/tom-bonier/

More at the link

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