By Elbert Wang, Darla Cameron, Chris Essig, The Texas Tribune Nov. 3, 2018
Early voter turnout in the 2018 midterms surpassed turnout from the 2012 presidential election in the 30 Texas counties where most registered voters in the state — 78 percent — live. In the entire early voting period, 4,514,930 Texans cast in-person ballots and 369,598 cast mail-in ballots. This means 39.9 percent of the 12.3 million registered voters in those 30 counties have voted.
The preliminary data shows turnout over 12 days of early voting in those 30 counties also surpassed the entire turnout of the 2014 midterm election — more than early voting and election-day voting combined. More than half of all those who do vote typically cast their ballots early.
The graphs below show cumulative in-person and mail-in ballot turnout in these counties. The data is preliminary. Early voting for the 2018 midterms in Texas started Oct. 22 and ran through Nov. 2. Election day is on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
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This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2018/general-election-early-voting/.
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