Texans have cast more ballots than any other state in 2020 election so far
SAN ANTONIO – Texas is leading the country in early voting totals so far, according to a nationwide analysis. As of Monday, Texas recorded a total of 4,064,685 ballots cast either in-person or absentee in the 2020 general election, according to the U.S. The number makes up 45% of the total turnout in 2016, when more than 9 million votes were cast in Texas. California makes up the second-most votes cast in the country with more than 3 million votes. Texans haven’t just been showing up to the polls, they’ve also been turning in their mail ballots in record numbers.
Avalanche of early votes transforming 2020 election
More than 17 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election, a record-shattering avalanche of early votes driven both by Democratic enthusiasm and a pandemic that has transformed the way the nation votes. “The Republican numbers are going to pick up,” said John Couvillon, a GOP pollster who is tracking early voting. But there have been extraordinary lines and hours-long wait times in Georgia, Texas and North Carolina as they've opened in-person early voting. Of the early voters, 82% cast ballots through the mail and 18% in person. In-person early voting began this week in several major states and also broke records, particularly in crowded, Democratic-leaning metropolitan areas.