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Here's how many Texans have voted early in the 2020 general election
Through Oct. 21, the ninth day of early voting for Texans in the 2020 general election, 5,887,488 people had voted in person and by mail — 34.7% of registered voters in Texas. As Texans head to the polls to choose their candidates for the 2020 general election, The Texas Tribune will update this tracker daily through the early voting period, which runs from Oct. 13 to Oct. 30. Data is provisional and subject to change as counties finalize numbers. What you need to know Early voting polls were closed in some counties on Sunday, Oct. 18, and mail is not delivered on Sundays. Two key Texas counties — Democratic strong-
hold Harris and traditionally red Denton — are setting early voting records. 60% of Texas likely voters said they plan to vote early in-person this year, according to a University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. In 2018, Texas saw the nation’s sixth-highest voter turnout increase, but still lagged behind most other states. Due to the pandemic, this election’s early voting period was extended by a week, and officials are expecting a surge in early votes by mail. Both factors could contribute to higher turnout for early voting. These totals include mail-in ballots received before the start of the early voting period.
In the 10 counties with the most registered voters, 3,480,385 people, or 35.8% of registered voters, have voted early. According to the latest figures reported by the secretary of state before the 2020 general election, 57.3% of registered voters live in these 10 counties. Politically, the 10 largest counties don’t represent Texas’ other 244 smaller counties. In 2016, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won the large counties by about 620,000 votes. President Donald Trump netted 1.4 million votes in the other counties and won the state. The large counties moved further to the left in the latest statewide race, when U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke won the large counties by 930,000 votes. But that couldn’t offset Sen. Ted Cruz’ 1.1 million vote advantage in the other counties. There are 2.5 million registered voters in Harris County, and 876,887 have cast ballots. Here’s the cumulative percentage of registered voters in Harris County who voted early through Oct. 21. To learn more about local elections, you can visit Harris County’s elections website. Through Oct. 21, 35.4% of registered voters had cast their ballots in Harris County. 30.7% voted in person 4.7% voted by mail There are 1.4 million registered voters in Dallas County, and 488,621 have cast ballots. Here’s the cumulative percentage of registered voters in Dallas County who
voted early through Oct. 21. To learn more about local elections, you can visit Dallas County’s elections website. Through Oct. 21, 34.9% of registered voters had cast their ballots in Dallas County. 30.9% voted in person 4.1% voted by mail. There are 1.4 million registered voters in Dallas County, and 488,621 have cast ballots. Here’s the cumulative percentage of registered voters in Dallas County who voted early through Oct. 21. To learn more about local elections, you can visit Dallas County’s elections website. Through Oct. 21, 34.9% of registered voters had cast their ballots in Dallas County. 30.9% voted in person 4.1% voted by mail There are 648,670 registered voters in Collin County, and 290,701 have cast ballots. Here’s the cumulative percentage of registered voters in Collin County who voted early through Oct. 21. To learn more about local elections, you can visit Collin County’s elections website. Through Oct. 21, 44.8% of registered voters had cast their ballots in Collin County. 42% voted in person 2.8% voted by mail. About the data Preliminary 2020 early voting data comes from the Texas secretary of state. When data for the 10 largest counties is not available, numbers are from the county elections office. Early voting turnout for 2016 and 2012 and registered voter numbers are also from the secretary of state. The maps of Texas are created from Texas county boundaries provided by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Disclosure: The Texas secretary of state has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune’s journalism. Find a complete list of them here. Alex Samuels and Darla Cameron contributed to this report. Illustrations by Emily Albracht. The Texas Tribune thanks its sponsors. Become one.