Thank you!
The Texas Primary Election has come and gone, and you deserve thanks for all you did to be civically engaged and model that for others. Creating a culture of voting means voting in every election. Lucky for you, there will be several occasions to practice voting this year. There are local elections and runoff elections in May, and the General Election is in November! Practice makes perfect!
Here are a few interesting statistics from this election compared to the 2016 primary.
2020:
Total registered voters – 16,211,198 (up from 14,238,436 in 2016)
Total Texas primary voters – 4,066,804 (down from 4,272,383 in 2016)
TX Democratic primary voters – 2,060,221 (up from 1,435,895 in 2016)
TX Republican primary voters – 2,006,583 (down from 2,836,488 in 2016)
a. Almost 2 million more Texans are registered to vote than 4 years ago. (Yay)
b. About 200,000 fewer Texans voted in the 2020 primary than voted in 2016. (Not great)
c. 25% of registered voters turned out to vote in this primary election. (Room for improvement)
We are making progress, but our work isn’t done!!!
Take a breath, feel your power, and then mark your calendars with the upcoming election dates.
More soon,
Laura Yeager
Texas Educators Vote