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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas early vote stats are well like crazy phenomenal
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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%.
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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.
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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......
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Fingers crossed.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)I plan on adding my vote to the pile tomorrow afternoon.
SWBTATTReg
(22,130 posts)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.
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)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.
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)I don't know what to expect.
Beto is awesome by the way.
kentuck
(111,098 posts)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.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)JCMach1
(27,559 posts)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
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)"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."
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