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The election was also the first time Texas placed among the ten closest states since 1968, and the first time since 1976 that Texas voted to the left of Ohio. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Voter turnout in the state increased to its highest level since 1992 , when two Texans, George H. W. Bush and Ross Perot , were on the ballot, and the last time Texas was ...
In the 2020 presidential election, 66.73% of registered voters in Texas cast a ballot, up from 59.39% in the 2016 election. Here’s how turnout this year compares to recent presidential elections.
A map of voter turnout during the 2020 United States presidential election by state (no data for Washington, D.C.) Approximately 161 million people were registered to vote in the 2020 presidential election and roughly 96.3% ballots were submitted, totaling 158,427,986 votes. Roughly 81 million eligible voters did not cast a ballot. [3]
Record numbers of Texans turned out Monday for the first day of early voting — numbers that were particularly concentrated in several of the state’s blue-leaning urban and suburban counties.
Texas’ surprising status as a battleground came into clearer focus on Friday as Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris devoted one of the race's final days to campaigning across ...
In April 2020, Biden predicted that Trump would try to delay the election, saying he "is gonna try to kick back the election somehow, come up with some rationale why it can't be held". [ 163 ] [ 164 ] In May, Jared Kushner did not rule out delaying the election, saying "I'm not sure I can commit one way or the other". [ 165 ]
The Legislature can improve the state’s performance by allowing later registration and better funding election operations, too. Why is Texas voter turnout so embarrassing? Lack of online ...
Michelle Ye Hee Lee; Amy Gardner; Brittney Martin (October 14, 2020), "Early voting begins in Texas with high turnout, despite new legal developments on voting access", The Washington Post; Dan Balz (October 18, 2020), "Texas is the most intriguing political state in the country this fall", The Washington Post