Texas did indeed break its record for early voting turnout, measured by the number of people voting early in person or by mail in the 15 counties with the most registered voters. Through Day 10 (Wednesday), 3.66M Texans have voted early in those counties, breaking the 2008 record with two days to go.
Turnout may have passed the 4M mark today (Thursday), but we will not know until midday tomorrow (Friday).
Harris Co. saw the second highest turnout for in-person early voting on Thursday. Overall, almost 870K have voted early in person or by mail. Nine of the 10 vote centers with the highest in-person voting totals are located in districts represented by Republicans, and eight of the 10 vote centers with the lowest in-person voting totals are located in districts represented by Democrats.
Harris Co. Vote Centers with Highest Turnout
34,616 – Metropolitan Multi Service Center (HD134-Davis)
33,504 – Juergen’s Hall Community Center (HD130-Fletcher)
31,967 – Trini Mendenhall Community Center (HD138-Bohac)
29,162 – Champion Forest Baptist Church (HD126-Harless)
24,361 – Freeman Branch Library (HD129-Paul)
23,802 – Bayland Park Community Center (HD137-Wu)
23,056 – Kingwood Branch Library (HD127-Huberty)
22,434 – Prairie View A&M Univ. NW (HD126-Harless)
22,286 – Nottingham Park (HD133-Murphy)
22,221 – Champion Life Centre (HD150-Riddle)
Harris Co. Vote Centers with Lowest Turnout
4,809 – Alvin D. Baggett Community Center (HD143-Hernandez)
7,835 – Kashmere Multi Service Center (HD142-Dutton)
8,486 – Lone Star College Creekside (HD150-Riddle)
9,081 – Moody Park Community Center (HD148-Farrar)
9,221 – Hardy Senior Center (HD140-Walle)
9,234 – HCCS Southeast College (HD145-Alvarado)
9,325 – Ripley House Neighborhood Center (HD143-Hernandez)
9,767 – Crosby Branch Library (HD128-Smith)
9,825 – Lone Star College Victory Center (HD139-Johnson)
11,389 – Northeast Multi Service Center (HD141-S. Thompson)
Tarrant Co. had its largest in-person turnout of the week as more than 40K voted on Thursday but it appeared to be just shy of breaking the 2008 record for early voting turnout. Through 11 days, 458K have voted early in person or by mail in the county, just 2K short of the record.
Bexar Co. saw a record for early voting turnout as another 38K voted in person, bringing the county’s 11-day total to around 423K, breaking the previous 12-day high of 401K set in 2008. Half of the vote centers with the highest turnout are represented by Republicans, and so are the five vote centers with the lowest turnout (although we expect those seats to be won by Democrats).
Bexar Co. Vote Centers with Highest Turnout
20,216 – Brookhollow Library (HD121-Straus)
16,990 – Wonderland of the Americas at Crossroads (HD116-Martinez Fischer)
16,037 – Great Northwest Library (HD124-Minjarez)
15,790 – Parman Library at Stone Oak (HD122-Larson)
14,985 – Cody Library (HD123-Bernal)
14,832 – Julia Yates Semmes Library (HD118-Lujan)
13,919 – Maury Maverick Library (HD125-Rodriguez)
13,852 – John Igo Library (HD116-Martinez Fischer)
13,100 – Shavano Park City Hall (HD122-Larson)
12,886 – Encino Branch Library (HD121-Straus)
Bexar Co. Vote Centers with Lowest Turnout
2,245 – South San Admin Building (HD117-Galindo)
2,287 – Southside ISD Admin Building (HD118-Lujan)
2,349 – Somerset ISD Admin Building (HD118-Lujan)
3,221 – Palo Alto College (HD118-Lujan)
4,450 – Precinct 1 Satellite Office (HD118-Lujan)
4,509 – Copernicus Community Center (HD120-L. Thompson)
5,055 – Collins Garden Library (HD123-Bernal)
5,078 – San Antonio College ECO Centro (HD123-Bernal)
5,163 – Claude Black Center (HD120-L. Thompson)
5,860 – Bexar Co. Elections Office (HD123-Bernal)
The last day of early voting historically sees a significant increase over prior days. About 16% of all in-person early votes are cast on the last day of early voting.
